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Sierra Leone, Gambia and Gold Coast are taken over by British government to form British West Africa, administered from Freetow
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South African History Online. (2012, May 7). Sierra Leone, Gambia and Gold Coast are taken over by British government to form British West Africa, administered from Freetow. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082763
South African History Online (2012) 'Sierra Leone, Gambia and Gold Coast are taken over by British government to form British West Africa, administered from Freetow', South African History Online, 7 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082763 (Accessed: 6 August 2026).
South African History Online, Sierra Leone, Gambia and Gold Coast are taken over by British government to form British West Africa, administered from Freetow [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082763, (accessed 6 August 2026).
"Sierra Leone, Gambia and Gold Coast are taken over by British government to form British West Africa, administered from Freetow." South African History Online, 7 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082763. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Sierra Leone, Gambia and Gold Coast are taken over by British government to form British West Africa, administered from Freetow." South African History Online. May 7, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082763.
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