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3 days ago · Sierra Leone remained divided into a Colony and a Protectorate, with separate and different political systems constitutionally defined for each. Antagonism between the two entities escalated to a heated debate in 1947, when proposals were introduced to provide for a single political system.
3 days ago · Sierra Leone's current territorial configuration was established by the British Empire through two historical phases: initially, the coastal Sierra Leone Colony was founded in 1808 to resettle returning Africans following the abolition of the slave trade; subsequently, the inland Protectorate was created in 1896 in the wake of the Berlin ...
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4 days ago · Sierra Leone is bordered on the north and east by Guinea, on the south by Liberia, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. The country can be divided into four distinct physical regions: the coastal swamp, the Sierra Leone Peninsula, the interior plains, and the interior plateau and mountain region.
1 day ago · Gambia Colony and Protectorate* (1894–1965) Uganda Protectorate (1894–1962) East Africa Protectorate (1895–1920) Sierra Leone Protectorate* (1896–1961) Nigeria* (1914–1960) Northern Nigeria Protectorate (1900–1914) Swaziland (1903–1968) Southern Nigeria Protectorate (1900–1914)
Mar 11, 2024 · Records from the formation of the British Crown colony of Sierra Leone to the formation of the Sierra Leone Protectorate. " census records, police records, court records, military records, school records and demographic records of births and deaths.
Mar 7, 2024 · Mar. 4, 2024, 11:35 PM ET (BBC) Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr - the tree-planting mayor of Sierra Leone capital Freetown. Freetown. View of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Mar 20, 2024 · Geography. Energy. Communications. Transportation. Military and Security. Transnational Issues. Introduction. Background. Continuously populated for at least 2,500 years, the dense jungle in the area of Sierra Leone allowed the region to remain relatively protected from invaders from empires in West Africa.