Gentendo
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.

Gentendo

A Forum For Both Sega and Nintendo Fans
 
HomePortalSearchLatest images Though the English Genten20RegisterLog in
Welcome, Guest.
Not registered? Sign up and become a part of our community today!

 

  Though the English

Go down 
AuthorMessage
lunamoonfang




Posts : 30
Registration date : 2010-12-03

 Though the English Empty
PostSubject: Though the English    Though the English EmptyThu Dec 09, 2010 2:53 am

Though the English abolitionist Granville Sharp originally planned Sierra Leone as a utopian community, the directors of the Sierra Leone Company refused to allow the settlers to take freehold of the land. Knowing how Highland Clearances benefited Scottish landlords but not tenants, the settlers revolted in 1799. The revolt was only put down by the arrival of over 500 Jamaican Maroons, who also arrived via Nova Scotia.

Thousands of formerly enslaved Africans were returned to or liberated in Freetown. Most chose to remain in Sierra Leone. These returned Africans were from many areas of Africa, but principally the west coast. They joined the previous settlers and together became known as Creole or Krio people.

Cut off from their homes and traditions, they assimilated some aspects of British styles of inhabitants and built a flourishing trade of flowers and beads on the West African coast. The lingua franca of the colony was Krio, a creole language rooted in 18th century African American English, which quickly spread across the region as a common language of trade and Christian mission. In the 1790s, blacks voted for the first time in elections, as did women.[26]

After the collapse of the Sierra Leone Company, the newly-formed African Institution met in 1807 to achieve more success by focusing on bettering the local economy, but it was constantly split between those British who meant to inspire local entrepreneurs and those with interest in the Macauley & Babington Company which held the (English) monopoly on Sierra Leone trade
_______________
Girlfriend
Mississauga Condos
Back to top Go down
 
Though the English
Back to top 
Page 1 of 1

Permissions in this forum:You cannot reply to topics in this forum
Gentendo :: Other :: General Discussion-
Jump to: