British Sierra Leone Colony

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Sierra_Leone_Colony
GPTKB entity
Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:administrativeDivision Colony of Sierra Leone
Protectorate of Sierra Leone
gptkbp:area about 71,740 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Liberia
gptkb:French_Guinea
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Freetown
gptkbp:coatOfArms Coat of arms of British Sierra Leone Colony
gptkbp:currency gptkb:British_West_African_pound
gptkbp:disbanded 1961
gptkbp:established 1808
gptkbp:ethnicGroup Krio
Mende
Temne
gptkbp:flag Flag of British Sierra Leone Colony
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Governor_of_Sierra_Leone
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Freetown_Harbour
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British Sierra Leone Colony
gptkbp:independenceDate 27 April 1961
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:West_Africa
gptkbp:mainExports gptkb:café
gptkb:jewelry
palm oil
wood
cocoa
gptkbp:mergedInto 1951
Sierra Leone Protectorate
gptkbp:notableEvent World War II involvement
Abolition of slave trade
Abolitionist settlement
Creole migration
Freetown as Royal Navy base
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Sir_Samuel_Rowe
gptkb:Sir_Milton_Margai
Sir Henry Light
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_West_Africa
gptkbp:population about 2 million (by 1961)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Province_of_Freedom
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Sierra_Leone
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kingdom_of_Koya
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7