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==History== | |||
The Portugese were the first Europeans to make contact with the territory which would later become Senegal. They were followed by the French, who established a trading station in 1569, and the Dutch. In the later seventeenth century, the Dutch were pushed out of Senegal, and for the next two centuries the French, in competition with other European powers, operated slave trading outposts along the Senegal river. | The Portugese were the first Europeans to make contact with the territory which would later become Senegal. They were followed by the French, who established a trading station in 1569, and the Dutch. In the later seventeenth century, the Dutch were pushed out of Senegal, and for the next two centuries the French, in competition with other European powers, operated slave trading outposts along the Senegal river. | ||
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In 1965, the Gambia became a republic within the British Commonwealth, and an independent republic in 1970. Despite close economic, political, and military ties, Senegal and the Gambia have not as yet merged into one country. Although a Confederation of Senegambia was formed by both countries in 1982, it was dissolved in 1989.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Senegal and the Gambia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1999.</ref> | In 1965, the Gambia became a republic within the British Commonwealth, and an independent republic in 1970. Despite close economic, political, and military ties, Senegal and the Gambia have not as yet merged into one country. Although a Confederation of Senegambia was formed by both countries in 1982, it was dissolved in 1989.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Senegal and the Gambia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1999.</ref> | ||
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