Ambas Bay

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Geography

The bay opens towards the Gulf of Guinea. The port of Limbe lies on the shore of Ambas Bay.[1]

History

Alfred Saker founded a settlement of freed slaves on the bay in 1858, which was later renamed Victoria.[2] in 1884 Britain established the Ambas Bay Protectorate, of which Victoria was the capital. It was then ceded to Germany in 1887.[3]

Colonial governors of Ambas Bay

Tenure Incumbent Notes
Victoria Colony
1858 Foundation of Victoria Colony by English Baptist Missionary Society
1858 to 1876 Alfred Saker, AdministratorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".  
1877 to 1878 George Grenfell, AdministratorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".  
1878 to 1879 Q. W. Thomson, AdministratorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".  
1879 to July 1884 ..., AdministratorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".  
British Ambas Bay Protectorate
19 July 1884    
July 1884 to 21 April 1885 Edward H. Hewitt, AdministratorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".  
21 April 1885 to 28 March 1887 ..., AdministratorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".  
28 March 1887 Ambas Bay becomes part of German possessions

See also

References

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