Albreda
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'''Albreda''' is an historic settlement in [[The Gambia]] on the north bank of the [[Gambia River]], variously described as a 'trading post' or a 'slave fort'. It is located near [[Jufureh]] in the [[North Bank Division]] and an arch stands on the beach connecting the two places.
==History==
[[Image:Gambia cfao building aggeboe.jpg|thumb|left|Albreda seen today]]
It was founded by Musa Gaye, a [[Wolof]] [[marabout]] sometime between [[1520]] and [[1681]]. The town was called Daraga by Wolof traders and Albadar by the [[Mandinka]]s<ref>Unesco National Records Service http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:sAQ9cI5TIOsJ:portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/9647/10522977910CDROM_slave_trade_GAMBIA.doc/CDROM_slave_trade_GAMBIA.doc+Musa+Gaye,+albreda&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=safari|</ref>
In 1681 the land was given to the French by the local ruler, [[Niumi Mansa]], because his people were reliant on trade with Europeans. The French [[exclave]] was never very large (never more than one factory) but was inconvenient for the British, who otherwise had a [[monopoly]] on trade on the [[Gambia River]], including possessing [[James Island]], fulfilling a similar function less than two miles away on the opposite bank. There was constant tension and occasional skirmishes between the two powers.
It was transferred from the [[French colonial empire]] to the [[British Empire|British empire]] in [[1857]]. Nowadays it contains a [[slavery|slave]] [[museum]].
==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.antislavery.org/breakingthesilence/slave_routes/slave_routes_gambia.shtml Brief history and description]
*[http://www.gambia.co.uk/docs/about_the_gambia/points_of_interest/albreda.aspx More details with a map]
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in The Gambia]]
[[Category:History of The Gambia]]
[[Category:Colonialism]]
[[Category:Slavery]]
[[Category:British Empire]]
[[Category:Former colonies of France]]
[[Category:1681 establishments]]
[[Category:1857 disestablishments]]
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