Bunce Island

The Krio people in Sierra Leone are in part descended from former enslaved Africans who fought for The British in the American War of independence, in exchange for the promise of freedom.

According to The American victory in 1783, they fled with The British to the Canadian province of Nova Scotia , from where they were sent back to Africa and The British colony of Sierra Leone . This had founded, and for the slaves, before The Slave trade was abolished in 1807.

the Other, the make-up of the Sierra Leone Krio population belong to the descendants of the black London and the Maroons - escaped slaves who fought against The British in Jamaica and those who were freed from slave-carrying ships along The Atlantic route, all of which are sent to Sierra Leone 's capital Freetown.

Some of the leading British abolitionists hoped that the slaves, after they have been exposed to The British culture and Christianity, which would go to spread it across West Africa .

Today, Krios Make Up about 2% of the population of Sierra Leone . They have their own distinctive identity, although The British influence remains strong. The Krio language is spoken by the Most People in Sierra Leone , based on English with various African languages.

"The Krios of Sierra Leone " exhibition is currently a guest at The Museum of London Docklands , overlooking the community, the clothing, the architecture, the language and the way of life.

The above map has been drawn founded by a British officer in the year 1825, and details of The Villages , one of which later became known as Krios.

Sierra Leone , British governors in mind of The British , Christian culture, you need to adopt for the new arrivals. They recruited to establish missionaries, churches, and schools.

It was hoped that the settlers there formed would be the teachers, pastors, and missionaries across West Africa .

The picture above is a girl school, which still exists today. It is and remains one of The Most prestigious in Sierra Leone .

This is a typical embroidered dress of the Krio women. It has long sleeves, a belt and a lace petticoat underneath.

It is usually worn with a bag and a scarf to wear.

This "Victorian" - pumps are also very popular. The specialty type of embroider the pattern is known as "marking the carpet".

This pattern is called "cloud", while the other patterns are "diamond" and "grid".

silver plate of Thomas Cole , the reigning colonial Secretary of Sierra Leone , was presented in 1831.

He was responsible for the provision of assistance to those who arrived in The Colony after the liberation from the captured slave-ships.

This wooden block was made around 1800 and bears The Crest of the Sierra Leone Company.

The Company founded A Colony in Sierra Leone in 1792, but it later went into bankruptcy and was taken over by The British government in control.

The Land was officially made a British colony in 1808.

Samuel, The Crowther, born in Nigeria, where he was captured by slave traders.

A British war ship intercepted the Slave Ship , he was carried and he came to Freetown as a "liberated African" in the age of about 13 years old.

Crowther was the First Student of Fourah Bay College . He was ordained to be consecrated in England in the year 1843, and as Africa's first Anglican Bishop in 1864.

He is also known for the translation of the Bible into Yoruba, one of the main languages in Nigeria.

The British involvement in Sierra Leone began with The Royal African Company, which in the 1670s.

It was The First to settle down and to strengthen the post of Bunce Island in the Sierra Leone river for use as a trade.

Before the act of 1807, the abolition of The Slave trade, Bunce Island was known as a "slave factory" and hundreds of thousands of West Africans were kept before they were transported across The Atlantic .

John Henry Smythe was born in Freetown and served in the Sierra Leone Defence Corps. After the Declaration of war in 1939 he volunteered for The British Royal Air Force (RAF), training as a navigator officer.

A year later, he was navigator of a bomber squadron before being promoted to flying officer.

Smythe, served on 27 bomber missions for the RAF in Germany and Italy.

In 1943 he was arrested after he was shot down by enemy fighters.

He spent 18 months in a German prisoner-of-war camp until the camp was liberated by the Russians in 1945.

At the end of The War , Smythe helped organize The Return of the West Indian RAF men from a vacation on the Empire Windrush and later became a lawyer.

These houses on the US East coast, which have been replicated with their stone foundations and shingled roofs, in Sierra Leone , Nova Scotia - the enslaved people who pulled back with the defeated British troops in the Canadian province of, during the American Revolution .

The houses would be known as a VR-os (board houses), in the Krio language spoken in Sierra Leone .

starting in 1940, the construction of such houses was forbidden, fire protection reasons, but this style was already in decline, such as concrete and stone, it was more in fashion.

Source of news: bbc.com