Company. In 1792, Freetown was founded by former slaves from Nova Scotia sent out by the company. Freetown was used by the British as the base for creating (1808) the Sierra Leone Crown Colony, and from 1808 to 1874 it served as the capital of British West Africa. In 1893 it was ...
And then just across the road from the National Museum is Sierra Leone’s Peace and Cultural Monument. Opened in 2011 to teach local children about Sierre Leone’s history and past heroes, the monument is testimony to the horrific events of the civil war here and all who fought to bring p...