Sierra Leone

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Sierra Leone

• Group 1
• Colonization and its effects on
• Society

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Background

• Small (by African standards)
• Lies between Guinea and Liberia
• Tropical climate
• Captial- Freetown

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Early Activity

• 15th century brought new activity in trade
• Establishment of trade routes
• New-found interest in Sierra Leone

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Colonization

• 1787- Black Poor from England
• 1792- Nova Scotia settlers
• 1800- Jamaica Maroons
• 1808- British take over and colonize Sierra Leone

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Granville Sharp

• English
• Abolitionist
• Wanted Sierra Leone to be a Utopian land.
• Freehold of land
• Settlers revolted

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William Wilberforce

• British
• Spokesperson
• Abolitionist
• Argued lack of logic in Negro Inferiority idea

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Ethnic Groups

• Susu
• Temne
• Mende
• Koranko
• Kono
• Limba
• Sherbro
• Creole
• As well as others

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More on Ethnic Groups

• Live separately
• Not ideal for colonization
• Spread of Islam changes ethnic distribution

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Islamization

• Entered in 1725
• Jihad of Futa Jallon
• Favored by British, indirectly
• Helped colonization

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Muslims acceptance

• Converting to Islam creates advantages
• Economic
• Social
• Educational
• Many others

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Bibliography

• Fyfe, Christopher. Reflections on a Sierra
  Leone Bicentenary. Africa Journal of the
  International African Institute 57.4 411-421.
  JSTOR. 14 Nov. 2008 www.jstor.org.
• Baker, William. William Wilberforce on the Idea
  of Negro Inferiority. Journal of the History of
  Ideas. Julyy-Sep. 1970 31.3 433-440. JSTOR.
  14 Nov. 2008 www.jstor.org.
• Harvey, M.E. Social Change and Ethnic
  Relocation in Developing Africa. The Sierra
  Leone Example. Geografiska Annaler. Series B,
  Human Geography. 1971 53.2 94-106. JSTOR. 14
  Nov. 2008 www.jstor.org.
• Foray, Cyril P. Historical Dictionary of Sierra
  Leone. African Historical Dictionaries, No.
  12. Metuchen, New Jersey The Scarecrow Press,
  1977.
• Wilberforce picture- http//www.aworldtowin.net/im
  ages/images330/WilliamWiberforce.jpg
  
• Ethnic picture- http//www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/afr
  ica/sierraleone_ethnic_1969.jpg
  
• Islam picture- http//www.mrdowling.com/images/605
  islam.gif
  
• Granville Sharp picture- http//www.antislavery.or
  g/2007/images/sharp.jpg
  
• Sierra Leone Flag- http//www.newspapercountry.com
  /SierraLeone.png
  

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