Wilberforce, Sierra Leone

Wilberforce is a neighborhood in Freetown, Sierra Leone. It is home to the Wilberforce military barracks, one of the largest in the country and the main barracks of the Sierra Leone military.[1]

Wilberforce is also home to several foreign embassies, including China, Gambia, Germany, Liberia, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, and Austria.[2]

History[]

Wilberforce was founded in 1810 provide accommodation for recaptives, liberated enslaved Africans, who had been brought to Freetown by the British Royal Navy West Africa Squadron. It was formerly known as Cabenda.^[1]^: 122

Notable People from Wilberforce, Sierra Leone[]

Isaac Wallace-Johnson, founder of the WAYL
John 'Johnny' Taylor: Creole trader killed during Sierra Leone's Hut Tax War of 1898

References[]

^ Sanneh, Lamin (2009). Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa. Cammbrideg, Mass.: Harvard University Press.

External links[]

Coordinates: 8°28′N 13°16′W / 8.467°N 13.267°W / 8.467; -13.267

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[Sanneh-1] Sanneh, Lamin (2009). Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa. Cammbrideg, Mass.: Harvard University Press.

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