Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate

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former British colony historical political entity

Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate was a British colonial territory in West Africa that combined the coastal colony of Freetown with the surrounding protectorate until the country’s independence in 1961.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
British Protectorate of Sierra Leone 1
Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate canonical 1
Sierra Leone colony 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former British colony ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ
administrativeCenter Freetown NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
French Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Liberia NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Freetown NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialPower Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
colonialStatus British Crown Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ
British Protectorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Freetown NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ
currency British West African pound NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateDissolved 27 April 1961 ⓘ
dateEstablished 1896 ⓘ
endPoint 1961 ⓘ
ethnicGroups Krio NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mende NERFINISHED ⓘ
Temne NERFINISHED ⓘ
flagUsedBy British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Dominion of Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType British colonial administration ⓘ
hadGovernor Governor of Sierra Leone ⓘ
hasPart Sierra Leone Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sierra Leone Protectorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfGovernment Governor of Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfState Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
independenceDate 27 April 1961 ⓘ
independenceGrantedTo Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus crown colony and protectorate ⓘ
locatedIn Africa ⓘ
West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
British West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Colony of Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Upper Guinea Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
shortName Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
startPoint 1896 ⓘ
usedLegalSystem English common law ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lamina Sankoh → placeOfBirth → Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate ⓘ
John Clarkson → associatedWith → Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sierra Leone colony
British protectorate → example → Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Protectorate of Sierra Leone