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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 19th century

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19th century

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Freetown, 1803
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20th century

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1990s

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21st century

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Freetown, 2009

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Jarrett 1956.
  2. ^ a b James W. St. G. Walker (1992), The Black loyalists: the search for a promised land in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone, 1783-1870, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, ISBN 0802074022
  3. ^ John Wesley Z. Kurewa (2010), "Methodism in Africa", in Charles Yrigoyen (ed.), T&T Clark companion to Methodism, London: T&T Clark, ISBN 9780567032935
  4. ^ a b c d "Sierra Leone Profile: Timeline". BBC News. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Magbaily C. Fyle (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6504-4.
  6. ^ "Sierra Leone". Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute. Vol. 13. London. 1882.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Adrian Hastings (1995), The Church in Africa, 1450-1950, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780198269212
  8. ^ Morse 1823.
  9. ^ a b c Britannica 1910.
  10. ^ a b Filomena Steady (2006). "Women's Associations and Female Education in Sierra Leone". In Mac Dixon-Fyle and Gibril Cole (ed.). New Perspectives on the Sierra Leone Krio. Peter Lang. pp. 267–286. ISBN 978-0-8204-7937-8.
  11. ^ a b Goerg 1998.
  12. ^ Goerg 2002.
  13. ^ a b c "Freetown (Sierra Leone) Newspapers". WorldCat. US: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  14. ^ J.J. Crooks (1903). History of the colony of Sierra Leone, Western Africa. Dublin: Browne and Nolan. hdl:2027/yale.39002041472888.
  15. ^ Gustav Kashope Deveneaux (1976). "Public Opinion and Colonial Policy in Nineteenth-Century Sierra Leone". International Journal of African Historical Studies. 9.
  16. ^ Banton 1956.
  17. ^ a b c Wyse 1987.
  18. ^ Glyn Davies; Roy Davies (2002). "Comparative Chronology of Money" – via University of Exeter.
  19. ^ a b "Sierra Leone: Report for 1899". Annual Colonial Reports. 299. London. 1900.
  20. ^ Proudfoot 1959.
  21. ^ Erika Nimis (2005). Photographes d'Afrique de l'Ouest: l'expérience yoruba (in French). Éditions Karthala. ISBN 978-2-84586-691-1.
  22. ^ Harold Michell (1919), An introduction to the geography of Sierra Leone, London: Waterlow and Sons, OCLC 10455682, OL 14015161M
  23. ^ Abdullah 1994.
  24. ^ a b c Denzer 1987.
  25. ^ Proudfoot 1961.
  26. ^ a b Magbaily C. Fyle (2006). Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6504-4.
  27. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
  28. ^ Luke 1985.
  29. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  30. ^ "Guinea Coast, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  31. ^ United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  32. ^ a b c "The State of African Cities 2010: Governance, Inequalities and Urban Land Markets". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 2010. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013.
  33. ^ "The View from / New Haven: Making a Connection With Sierra Leone". New York Times. 25 June 2000.
  34. ^ "U.S. Marines Evacuate 900 In Freetown". New York Times. 31 May 1997.
  35. ^ "Freetown Journal; The Walls of a Ruin Talk of History and Heartache". New York Times. 26 June 2000.
  36. ^ a b Karen Fung, African Studies Association (ed.). "Sierra Leone". Africa South of the Sahara. US. Retrieved 8 June 2013 – via Stanford University. Annotated directory
  37. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
  38. ^ "Cholera Epidemic Envelops Coastal Slums in West Africa". New York Times. 22 August 2012.
  39. ^ "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations

Bibliography

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Published in 20th century
  • "Freetown" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 88.
  • H. R. Jarrett. The Port and Town of Freetown, Geography, Vol. 40, 1955, pp. 108–118.
  • Michael Banton (1956). "Adaptation and Integration in the Social System of Temne Immigrants in Freetown". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 26 (4): 354–368. doi:10.2307/1156673. JSTOR 1156673. S2CID 145281909.
  • H. Reginald Jarrett (1956). "Some Aspects of the Urban Geography of Freetown, Sierra Leone". Geographical Review. 46 (3): 334–354. doi:10.2307/211884. JSTOR 211884.
  • Michael Banton. West African City: A Study of Tribal Life in Freetown. London: Oxford University, 1957.
  • L. Proudfoot (1959). "Mosque-Building and Tribal Separatism in Freetown East". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 29 (4): 405–416. doi:10.2307/1157929. JSTOR 1157929. S2CID 145211721.
  • L. Proudfoot (1961). "Towards Muslim Solidarity in Freetown". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 31 (2): 147–157. doi:10.2307/1158102. JSTOR 1158102. S2CID 143677786.
  • Christopher Fyfe; E. Jones, eds. (1968). Freetown, A Symposium. Freetown.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Milton Harvey (1968). "Implications of migration to Freetown: A study of the relationship between migrants, housing and occupation". Civilisations. 18.
  • John Nunley (1982). "Images and Printed Words in Freetown Masquerades". African Arts. 15.
  • David Fashole Luke (1985). "Dock Workers of the Port of Freetown: A Case Study of African Working-Class Ambivalence". Canadian Journal of African Studies. 19 (3): 547–567. doi:10.2307/484515. JSTOR 484515.
  • LaRay Denzer (1987). "Women in Freetown Politics, 1914-61: A Preliminary Study". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 57.
  • Akintola J. G. Wyse (1987). "Dissolution of Freetown City Council in 1926: A Negative Example of Political Apprenticeship in Colonial Sierra Leone". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 57 (4): 422–438. doi:10.2307/1159892. ISBN 9780719027918. JSTOR 1159892. S2CID 144482758.
  • Ibrahim Abdullah (1994). "Rethinking the Freetown Crowd: The Moral Economy of the 1919 Strikes and Riot in Sierra Leone". Canadian Journal of African Studies. 28.
  • Noelle Watson, ed. (1996). "Freetown". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa. UK: Routledge. ISBN 1884964036.
  • M.B. Gleave. "Port activities and the spatial structure of cities: the case of Freetown, Sierra Leone." Journal of Transport Geography 5.4 (1997): 257–275.
  • Odile Goerg (1998). "From Hill Station (Freetown) to Downtown Conakry (First Ward): Comparing French and British Approaches to Segregation in Colonial Cities at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century". Canadian Journal of African Studies. 32.
  • P.E.H. Hair (1998). "Aspects of the Prehistory of Freetown and Creoledom". History in Africa. 25: 111–118. doi:10.2307/3172183. JSTOR 3172183. S2CID 161062468.
  • Alusine Jalloh (1998). "The Fula and the Motor Transport Business in Freetown, Sierra Leone". African Economic History. 26.
Published in 21st century
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