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Sierra Leone
1787- ‘Black Poor’ from England 1792- Nova Scotia settlers 1800- Jamaica Maroons 1808- British take over and colonize Sierra Leone
A map of Sierra Leone
Governor of Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone was first colonized in 1787 when the British founded the current capital, Freetown, as a settlement for Africans freed from slavery. It became a British colony in 1808, with the interior annexed in 1896. Independence was achieved in 1961
Dominique Hartman
iws; period 4
