Freetown's British Origins

<p>Freetown is the capital city of Sierra Leone, a country in Western Africa. The name of the city has links to its origin as a British colony used to repatriate freed black people from across the British Empire (Jamaica and Canada) as well as other places as far and wide as The Congo and Lake Malawi. Britain insisted Freetown represented humanity, justice, and freedom but it didn’t represent any of those things. It stole land, got local chiefs to sign dodgy contracts, and highlighted the false ideology of European superiority. In this episode, we look at how Britain annexed land in Freetown, and later on, Sierra Leone.</p> <p><strong>Follow us on IG: itsacontinentpod and Twitter: itsacontinent. Pre-order It's a Continent (2022) on </strong><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Its-Continent-Unravelling-Africas-history/dp/1529376785/"><strong>Amazon </strong></a>and <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/its-a-continent/astrid-madimba/chinny-ukata/9781529376784"><strong>Waterstones</strong></a></p> <p>We're on Buy me a Coffee too: <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/itsacontinent"><strong>https://www.buymeacoffee.com/itsacontinent</strong></a></p> <p>Visit our website: <a href="https://itsacontinent.com/"><strong>itsacontinent.com</strong></a></p> <p>Hosts: Chinny: Twitter/IG: chindomiee</p> <p>Astrid: IG: astrid_monologuesx</p> <p>Artwork by Margo Designs: <a href="https://margosdesigns.myportfolio.com/"><strong>https://margosdesigns.myportfolio.com</strong></a></p> <p>Music provided by Free Vibes:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=hkqGH4Lu_PwMlfLRdEnfPX7UYQR8MTU4MzA4NjYzNkAxNTgzMDAwMjM2&amp;v=3C8GXr44boM&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fgoo.gl%2FNkGhTg&amp;event=video_description"><strong> https://goo.gl/NkGhTg</strong></a></p> <p>Warm Nights by Lakey Inspired:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=hkqGH4Lu_PwMlfLRdEnfPX7UYQR8MTU4MzA4NjYzNkAxNTgzMDAwMjM2&amp;v=3C8GXr44boM&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Flakeyinspired%2Fwarm-nights&amp;event=video_description"><strong> https://soundclo