Foreword Thomas Southorn; 1. Introduction; 2. The Portuguese in the Gambia, 1455-1588; 3. The arrival of the English in the Gambia, 1588-1622; 4. Cavalier and Roundhead in the Gambia, 1650-2; 5. The Courlanders in the Gambia, 1651-61; 6. The capture of St Andrew's Island by the British, 1661; 7. Dutch rivalry, 1661-78; 8. French rivalry, 1678-89; 9. War with France, 1689-97; 10. Between two storms, 1698-1702; 11. The War of the Spanish Succession, 1702-13; 12. Pirates, 1713-21; 13. A private war between two trading companies, 1720-9; 14. A conspiracy and interlude of peace, 1729-45; 15. The African Committee's administration, 1750-65; 16. The province of Senegambia, 1765-76; 17. Wall versus MacNamara, 1776-8; 18. The last days of the Province of Senegambia, 1776-83; 19. Laissez faire, 1783-1808; 20. The abolition of the slave trade, 1807-16; 21. The early days of Bathurst; 22. Extension of the British sphere of influence, 1821-37; 23. Punitive expeditions - liberated Africans, 1830-7; 24. Further extension of the sphere of influence - separation from Sierra Leone, 1837-43; 25. The groundnut trade - further punitive expeditions, 1843-52; 26. Beginning of the Soninki-Marabout War, 1850-9; 27. The French in the River Gambia, 1817-57; 28. Continuation of the Soninki-Marabout War, 1859-66; 29. The proposed cession to France, 1866-76; 30. The Soninki-Marabout War, 1866-87; 31. Separation from Sierra Leone, 1888; 32. The colony and protectorate, 1888-1914; 33. Recent years, 1914-38; Index.