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Black Poor settlers

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International history trans-atlantic slavery 📍 Sierra Leone

Black Poor settlers

Hénero: Homber

Eventonan Relashoná

Black Poor settlers arrive in Sierra Leone to establish Granville Town

📅 10 Mei 1787

Formerly enslaved Black people from London arrived to establish Granville Town near present-day Freetown. Their settlement aspirations met difficult conditions and British imperial oversight, and...