09. The Sierra Leone settlement, 1787

In 1786 Equiano was appointed by the government as a Commissioner in a scheme to resettle poor black people from London in West Africa. The scheme attracted much controversy and Equiano resigned before the expedition set sail in April 1787. It was a disaster. Freetown was founded in a second settlement on the same site in 1792.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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