Historedia
Person

Tumani Bojang

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1816

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Tumani Bojang, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Bathurst (Banjul) founded as a trading post

    1816

    Role: King of Kombo

    1. 1816 · Banjul IslandConstruction of Trading Post

      Alexander Grant founded the settlement as a trading post, building infrastructure to control the estuary and suppress the slave trade.

    2. 23 April 1816 · Banjul IslandTreaty of Cession

      King of Kombo ceded Banjul Island to British commandant Alexander Grant in exchange for an annual fee of iron bars.

Sources

  1. Banjul Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-30