Baol [SEP] dissolved or abolished
French in 1874, however complete control of the former kingdom was not gained by France until 1895. It was one of many campaigns of Governor Louis Faidherbe who oversaw the conquest of Cayor in 1886.
See also.
Joof family
Sources.
- http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Senegal_native.html
- Clark, Andrew F. and Lucie Colvin Phillips, "Historical Dictionary of Senegal, Second Edition" Published as No. 65 of "African Historical Dictionaries", (Metuchen, New Jersey: The Scarecrow Press, 1994) p. 74-75
base to purchase slaves from the warring chiefdoms on the mainland.
European missionaries introduced Christianity to Senegal and the Casamance in the 19th century. It was only in the 1850s that the French began to expand onto the Senegalese mainland after they abolished slavery and began promoting an abolitionist doctrine, adding native kingdoms like the Waalo, Cayor, Baol, and Jolof Empire. French colonists progressively invaded and took over all the kingdoms except Sine and Saloum under Governor Louis Faidherbe. Yoro Dyao was in command of the canton of Foss-Galodjina