Aberdeen, Sierra Leone

Aberdeen is a coastal neighborhood in Sierra Leone's capital of Freetown. It is home to numerous up-scale restaurants, hotels, Lumley beach and other tourist facilities.[1]

This article is about Aberdeen, Sierra Leone. For other uses of Aberdeen, see Aberdeen (disambiguation).
Aberdeen, Sierra Leone
Aberdeen, Sierra Leone
Location in Sierra Leone
Coordinates: 8°30′N 13°17′W
Country Sierra Leone
ProvinceWestern Area
DistrictWestern Area Urban District

History

Aberdeen was founded in 1829 provide accommodation for recaptives, liberated enslaved Africans, who had been brought to Freetown by the British Royal Navy West Africa Squadron.[2]:122

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References
  1. "National Tourist Board website". Archived from the original on 2006-10-18. Retrieved 2006-11-02.
  2. Sanneh, Lamin (2009). Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa. Cammbrideg, Mass.: Harvard University Press.


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