Free Slaves, Freetown, and the Sierra Leonean Civil War
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This book is a historical narrative covering various periods in Sierra Leone's history from the fifteenth century to the end of its civil war in 2002. It entails the history of Sierra Leone from its days as a slave harbor through to its founding as a home for free slaves, and toward its political independence and civil war. In 1462, the country was discovered by a Portuguese explorer, Pedro de Sintra, who named it Serra Lyoa (Lion Mountains). Sierra Leone later became a lucrative hub for the Transatlantic Slave Trade. At the end of slavery in England, Freetown was selected as a home for the Black Poor, free slaves in England after the Somerset ruling. The Black Poor were joined by the Nova Scotians, American slaves who supported or fought with the British during the American Revolution. The Maroons, rebellious slaves from Jamaica, arrived in 1800. The Recaptives, freed in enforcement of British antislavery laws, were also taken to Freetown. Freetown became a British colony in 1808 and Sierra Leone obtained political independence from Britain in 1961. The development of the country was derailed by the death of its first Prime Minister, Sir Milton Margai, and thirty years after independence the country collapsed into a brutal civil war.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2016
ISBN
9781349948543
Topic
History
Subtopic
African History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgment
  4. Contents
  5. Chapter 1: Discovery of Sierra Leone
  6. Chapter 2: The Ethnic Makeover
  7. Chapter 3: Granville Sharp’s Fight to Free the Slaves
  8. Chapter 4: Free Slaves in Freetown
  9. Chapter 5: War and Peace in Freetown
  10. Chapter 6: The Amistad Saga
  11. Chapter 7: The Hut Tax War
  12. Chapter 8: Postcolonial Political Fiasco
  13. Chapter 9: RUF Invasion and the First NPRC Coup
  14. Chapter 10: Second NPRC Military Coup and Elections Before Peace
  15. Chapter 11: The AFRC Military Coup
  16. Chapter 12: AFRC/RUF Invasion of Freetown and the Lomé Peace Accord
  17. Chapter 13: Flames of Peace
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index