When was it published?

July 1, 1775 in The Virginia Gazette

Foreign News July 1, 1775

The Virginia Gazette

Q: What sub-type of article is it?

Colonial Affairs, Rebellion Or Revolt, Trade Or Commerce

Q: What keywords are associated?

Pholies, Gambia River, Gold Coast, English Hostilities, Arab Descendants, Slave Trade, Mahometans

Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia

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What is this article about?

A letter from Paris reports that the Pholies, descendants of Arabs, have appeared in large numbers on the Gambia River banks and committed hostilities against the English, claiming the Gold Coast as their ancestral territory. Described as powerful, devout Muslims familiar with gold, ivory, and slave trades, they are expected to trouble British subjects.

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A letter from an English Gentleman of rank at Paris mentions, that by a vessel from the coast of Guinea, accounts have been received that the Pholies, a people descended from the Arabs, have lately appeared in great numbers on the banks of the river Gambia, and have committed several hostilities against the English, who they assert have no pretensions to the Gold Coast, it being part of the territories of their forefathers.

The above people, says this account, are exceedingly powerful, rigid Mahometans, and well acquainted with the profits made by the gold, ivory, and slave trade; from which, and their unexcelled bravery, it is imagined they will be very troublesome to the subjects of Great Britain.

What sub-type of article is it?

Colonial Affairs Rebellion Or Revolt Trade Or Commerce

What keywords are associated?

Pholies Gambia River Gold Coast English Hostilities Arab Descendants Slave Trade Mahometans

Where did it happen?

Gold Coast

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Gold Coast

Event Date

Lately

Outcome

several hostilities committed against the english; expected to be very troublesome to british subjects

Event Details

The Pholies, descended from Arabs, appeared in great numbers on the banks of the river Gambia and committed several hostilities against the English, asserting no English pretensions to the Gold Coast as part of their forefathers' territories. They are powerful rigid Mahometans well acquainted with profits from gold, ivory, and slave trade, and unexcelled in bravery.