Colony of Bolama and Bolama River | |||||||
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| 1792–1870 | |||||||
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| Status | Crown colony | ||||||
| Capital | Bolama | ||||||
| Common languages | English (official), Beafada | ||||||
| Religion | Christianity | ||||||
| Monarch | |||||||
• 1792–1820 | George III (first) | ||||||
• 1837–1870 | Victoria (last) | ||||||
| Governor | |||||||
• 1792 | Philip Beaver | ||||||
• 1868–1870 | James Craig Loggie (last) | ||||||
| Historical era | First wave of European colonization | ||||||
• Establishment | 10 May 1792 | ||||||
• Change of sovereignty | 1 October 1870 | ||||||
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| Today part of | Guinea-Bissau | ||||||
British Guinea[1] or Colony of Bolama and Bolama River,[2] was a colony of the United Kingdom in West Africa. Its capital was in the city of Bolama.[3]
The colony was founded in 1792, but was incorporated, after arbitration, into Portuguese Guinea in 1870. It basically comprised the islands adjacent to the island of Bolama, in the Bijagós Archipelago, and the strips of land on the banks of the Buba River.[4]
Its territories are currently components of the independent nation Guinea-Bissau.[5]
- ^ Between Portuguese Guinea and British Guinea: Bolama in the 19th century. The Universidade Nova da Guiné. 2020.
- ^ Guinea-Bissau. World Statesmen.org. 2021.
- ^ Boolaky, P. K.. Accounting developments in Africa: a study of the impact of colonisation and the legal systems on accounting standards in sub-Saharan African countries. Universidade de Bournemouth, 2003.
- ^ Gomes, Américo. História da Guiné-Bissau em datas. Lisboa, 2012
- ^ Bolama: a 1ª Capital da Guiné-Bissau. Aliança Nacional Democrática - AND. 15 de outubro de 2020.