A Half Fought War

By: Donovan Brock and Alexander K.

Development of Freetown
● Slaves that fought for
Britain in the American
revolutionary war were
promised their freedom
but got poverty and
unemployment instead
 Demographics & Politics
● When Sierra Leone became a
crown colony they
introduced western forms of
government and favored the
non-indigenous africans
known as the krios as the
people's representatives
 Demographics & Politics
● When Sierra Leone became a
crown colony they introduced
western forms of government
and favored the
non-indigenous africans
known as the krios as the
people's representatives
 Demographics & Politics
● When Sierra Leone became a
crown colony they
introduced western forms of
government and favored the
non-indigenous africans
known as the krios as the
people's representatives
Civil War
● The civil war that
broke out was
partly due to the
civil war
happening in
Liberia
Revolutionary United Front (RUF)

● Started in 1991-2003
● Created by Foday Sankoh
● When RUF first started they stood for No More
Slaves, No More Masters.
Lome Peace Agreement
● After the second attack
on Freetown killing
6,000 people the
government decided to
sign the lome peace
agreement
References
https://www.visitsierraleone.org/background-information/history/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Sierra_Leone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_United_Front

http://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/sierra-leone/history

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/sierra-leone/history