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Construction of Trading Post
- When
- 1816
- Where
- Banjul Island
Alexander Grant founded the settlement as a trading post, building infrastructure to control the estuary and suppress the slave trade.
Following the cession, Alexander Grant established the site as a trading post and base. He constructed houses and barracks specifically designed to control entrance to the Gambia estuary and to suppress the slave trade, marking the physical establishment of Bathurst.
Sources
- Banjul Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-30
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