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| Commission: George III appoints John Cotterell, Fort Major to the garrison of the island of Goree, 1760 (Goree, now part of Senegal in West Africa, was one of the first places in Africa to be settled by Europeans. It was an important and well known | |
| 1760 | |
| 1500-1799 | |
Signed by the King. Goree, an island off the city of Dakar, Senegal, was a French colony, though the British captured and occupied it between 1758 and 1763. It is known for its House of Slaves, one of the oldest buildings on the island (built . c1780-1784) and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Original at Sheffield City Archives: MD693/7. |
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