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    The Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone (informally British Sierra Leone) was the British colonial administration in Sierra Leone from 1808 to 1961...
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    of the Crown Colony of Sierra Leone. The British first arrived in what is now modern-day Sierra Leone in 1787, when philanthropists and abolitionists...
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    becoming the Republic of Sierra Leone on 19 April 1971. When British rule ended in April 1961, the British Crown Colony of Sierra Leone was given independence...
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  • in the Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate. Circa 2010, the Sierra Leone Armed Forces consisted of around 13,000 personnel. Before Sierra Leone gained...
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  • Colony and Protectorate, which had previously been governed separately. Sierra Leone gained independence from the United Kingdom on 27 April 1961 and...
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    British West Africa (category Gambia Colony and Protectorate)
    originally officially known as Colony of Sierra Leone and its Dependencies, then British West African Territories and finally British West African Settlements...
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    the Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate, or British Sierra Leone. Independence from the United Kingdom was attained in 1961, with Sierra Leone transitioning...
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  • Sierra Leone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sierra Leone is a country in western Africa. Sierra Leone may also refer to: Sierra Leone Colony and...
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    Sierra Leonean nationality law is regulated by the Constitution of Sierra Leone, as amended; the Citizenship Act, and its revisions; and various international...
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  • liberated Africans of Sierra Leone, also known as recaptives, were Africans who had been illegally enslaved onboard slave ships and rescued by anti-slavery...
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  • used in Sierra Leone. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Sierra Leone. Flag of Sierra Leone Coat of arms of Sierra Leone "Sierra Leone". www...
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  • British Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate between 1831 and 1934. Some of the Jewish merchants who settled in Sierra Leone were an important part of the...
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    The Gambia Colony and Protectorate was the British colonial administration of The Gambia from 1821 to 1965, part of the British Empire in the New Imperialism...
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    Siaka Stevens (category Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate people)
    1905 – 29 May 1988) was the leader of Sierra Leone from 1967 to 1985, serving as Prime Minister from 1967 to 1971 and as President from 1971 to 1985. Stevens'...
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  • Nyasaland Protectorate (1893–1964) ( British Central Africa Protectorate until 1907) Sierra Leone Protectorate* (1896–1961) Southern Nigeria Protectorate (1900–1914)...
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  • had won more seats than the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP). However, all the independent members from the protectorate later declared for the SLPP...
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    Samuel Ajayi Crowther (category Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate people)
    in Sierra Leone. In Sierra Leone, Ajayi adopted an English name of Samuel Crowther, and began his education in English. He adopted Christianity and also...
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    Parliament of Sierra Leone is the legislative branch of the government of Sierra Leone. It is principally responsible for making laws. The Sierra Leone parliament...
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    Afro-Caribbean, and Liberated African slaves who settled in the Western Area of Sierra Leone between 1787 and about 1885. The colony was established by...
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  • James C.E. Parkes (category Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate people)
    Sierra Leone. He served in office during the turbulent Hut Tax War of 1898. Parkes wrote an extensive report on life in Sierra Leone's protectorate....
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    its protectorate over Egypt and granted it nominal independence except four "reserved" areas: foreign relations, communications, the military, and the...
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    Grammar School in Freetown, Sierra Leone. In August 1861, a British naval force entered Lagos and annexed Lagos as a British colony via the Lagos Treaty of...
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    Christian Cole (barrister) (category Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate people)
    was a Sierra Leone Creole lawyer and the first African barrister to practise in the English courts. Originally from the Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate...
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  • Nyasaland (Malawi) Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate Union of South Africa British Cape Colony Natal Colony Orange River Colony Transvaal Colony South West...
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  • John Randle (physician) (category Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate people)
    in Sierra Leone, he was one of the first West Africans to qualify as a medical doctor in the United Kingdom. On return he worked for the Lagos Colony colonial...
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    Sierra Leone Colony in 1787 as a refuge for freed slaves, the independent missionary movement intended to bring Christianity to the Edo Kingdom, and programs...
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  • Henry Smeathman (category History of Sierra Leone)
    Relief of the Black Poor and the British government. The plan resulted in the founding of the Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate in 1787. Andreas Berlin...
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  • Sierra Leone from the establishment of the Province of Freedom Colony by the Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor which lasted between 1787 and...
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  • (1890–1923) Gambia Colony and Protectorate* (1894–1965) Uganda Protectorate (1894–1962) East Africa Protectorate (1895–1920) Sierra Leone Protectorate* (1896–1961)...
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    Sierra Leone remained a British colony throughout World War II. As such, it fought alongside the Allies against the Axis. No large scale battles or military...
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