Brother Habib,
Let's try this.
The Gambia Colony and Protectorate: An Official Handbook
Author: Francis Bisset Archer
With New Introduction by J.M. Gray
Publishers: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd
First Printed 1906
New Impression: 1967
Brother Habib, overall the book says a lot about British rule in the Gambia
between 1820 to 1900.
Malanding
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Wow !1
Ok can I get the ISBN number and full name of the book ,author and
publisher !
Thanks
>From: Malanding Jaiteh
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>Subject: Re: Some history lessons
>Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:38:54 -0500
>
>Brother Habib,
>The handbook is a whopping 365 page read. It is definitely out of print.
You
>should be able to borrow it from a library. Let me know if you do not
>succeed.
>
>Malanding
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> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 11:44 PM
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> Subject: Re: Some history lessons
>
>
> Dr. Jaiteh,
>
> Can you send me a photo copy of this book ? I will pay for the costs
>involved plus the postage by regular us mail .
>
> If it is too much ( usually hand books are not many pages) trouble , I
>would appreciate it very much.
>
> my personal email is [log in to unmask]
>
> goodnight
>
> Habib
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: Malanding Jaiteh
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Some history lessons
> >Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:40:02 -0500
> >
> >Just been reading the book: The Gambia Colony- An official Handbook by
> >Francis Bisset Archer.
> >I thought I should share with you some statistics.
> >
> >Malanding
> >
> >
> >He wrote:
> >"In 1807 Great Britain formed the settlement of the Gambia which was
>subject
> >to and controlled by the government of Sierra Leone, and ultimately
>annexed
> >to that colony by Act of the Parliament in 1821.
> >
> >On the Island of Goree being ceded back to the French, it was the
>intention
> >to repair James Fort, but this period - 1814- the fort was found to be
in
>so
> >shattered a condition that it was deemed advisable to remove the seat
of
> >government and to form a new settlement, which was ultimately
established
>at
> >the Island of Banjole (Bathurst)."
> >...
> >
> >"The most important exports from the colony between October 1837 and
> >September, 1938 were: - Cotton, 26 tons; ivory, 13 tons; hides 99,209;
>wax
> >258 tons; ground-nuts 671 tons. The revenue for the year ending March,
>1839
> >was 6,780 pounds and expenditure 6,633 pounds."
> >
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