Senegambia (Dutch West India Company)
Senegambia Bovenkust | |||||||
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| 1617–1678 | |||||||
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| Status | Dutch colony | ||||||
| Capital | Gorée | ||||||
| Common languages | Dutch | ||||||
| Religion | Dutch Reformed | ||||||
| Chief factor | |||||||
• 1627 | Pompeius de la Sale | ||||||
• 1675-1677 | Pieter Hoppesack | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 1617 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1678 | ||||||
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Senegambia, also known in Dutch as Bovenkust ("Upper Coast"), was the collective noun for the fortifications and trading posts owned by the Dutch West India Company (DWIC) in the region now known as Senegal. The main purpose of these trading posts was to obtain slaves in order to ship them to the Americas.