Barra and authority at the river mouth

Moore located Barrah Point at the Gambia's mouth and described the ruler's authority over the north-bank country and nearby trading stations. Foreign shipmasters paid customs there, and the ruler could deny them access to wood or water if they refused. The passage shows a negotiated river entrance rather than an ungoverned gateway for European commerce. ^{[books-moore-1738]}

He also described merchants travelling downriver when competing ships offered higher prices for enslaved people. This commercial calculation was embedded in human trafficking and affected the villages and kin networks the book barely records. The entry keeps Moore's company viewpoint visible and does not convert his kingdom boundaries into modern Barra town limits. ^{[books-moore-1738]}