As a direct consequence of the abolitionist movement’s campaigns in Britain, the settlement called Freetown was founded 1787 for emancipated slaves. Initially consisting of the so-called black poor from Britain and Nova Scotia, it later would become home for the liberated Africans captured by the British anti-slavery squadron. Assuming status as a crown colony in [...]
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The Sierra Leone Civil War
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Relative Economic Development
Posted in Economic History, tagged Africa, British Empire, Economic Development, Ghana, Kenya, Misgovernment, Rhodesia, Sierra Leone, Zambia on 16/03/2010 | Leave a Comment »
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