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SUMMARY:Living on Atlantic Time: Commerce and Daily Life on the Gambia Riv
 er - Liza Gijanto (St Mary’s College of Maryland)
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CONTACT:Lydia Clough
DESCRIPTION:The Senegambia was among the first regions of West Africa to b
 e fully incorporated into Atlantic Commerce.  By the early 18th century\, 
 the French and British were entrenched on the two major waterways (Senegal
  and Gambia rivers) following over a century of Portuguese settlement and 
 intermarriage.  By the early 18th century new settlements emerged along th
 e entirety of the Gambia riverbank linking commercial voyages based out of
  the British-held James Fort to the caravans from the interior.  This netw
 ork was continuously realigning as different goods came in and out of dema
 nd up until the eve of British Abolition. These local\, regional and globa
 l shifts are visible in the landscape and material record of the different
  settlements.  Drawing on archival and archaeological data\, I demonstrate
  how the long 18th century on The Gambia River\, cannot be understood with
 out examining the intensity of the region’s connection to different poin
 ts across the Atlantic from the 15th to late 19th century.  Specifically\,
  I consider all the ways that the slave trade impacted both those who were
  and were not subject to enslavement.\n\nThis presentation will be online 
 via Zoom. Please register at: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/t
 JIld-igrj4pHNQBHSsqMwplA_xzaG6Kbuim
LOCATION:Zoom
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