BUNCE ISLAND, Sierra Leone (Reuters) - The ivy-clad ruins perched on a strip of mud in the Sierra Leone river hide a dark past, but have become an unlikely symbol of hope for many African Americans ...
Sierra Leone’s capital city, Freetown, is widely known as the home of formerly enslaved people – hence its name. Founded in 1787, thousands of enslaved people were either returned to or liberated in ...
The article explores the history of Sierra Leone taken from the diaries of its first governor, John Clarkson, and the reports of the Sierra Leone Company. The early settlers of St. George Bay ...
"From 1754 to 1755, the slave ship Hare completed a journey from Newport, Rhode Island, to Sierra Leone and back to the United States--a journey that transformed more than seventy Africans into ...
Sierra Leone wasn’t created like other African countries; its backbone was slavery. Here’s how it happened: Freetown Sierra Leone [Kayak] Today is International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave ...
Still in a celebratory mood over the election of America's first black president, students and guests at South Carolina State University's I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium on Thursday evening were ...
Dr. Ernest Cole of the Hope College English faculty is one of only 20 scholars from around the country chosen to participate in the Summer 2023 Faculty Seminar being held at Yale University through ...
“Late jam sessions, midnight until unconscious,” advertised one nightclub. In Freetown’s magnificent harbor, gaily painted paddle boats carrying names like God Never Hurries staged a regatta. To the ...
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