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Name: Sierra Leone (Great Britain)
Type: Polity
Nation: sierra leone
Start: 1788
End: 1961
Sierra Leone (Great Britain): All Data
This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.
Was the British colonial administration in Sierra Leone. It was established when the British made an agreement with a Temne chief King called "Tom" to have land on the coast for the settlement of freed slaves. In 1787, the first naval vessel carrying 331 freed slaves and 60 Englishmen arrived on the coast.