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For centuries the French had been trading with Africa. They owned some small ports on the coast of Africa and had been somewhat involved in the slave trade in the 1700's. In the early 1830's France began their conquest in Algeria, and by the 1890's France controlled well over 1 million square miles of Africa, much of it being colonies. The first French African possession to become independent was Tunisia on March 20, 1956. By 1961 almost all of French Africa had become independent, with the last French African possession (modern-day Djibouti) gaining independence on June 27, 1977.

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