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Sierra Leone Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1893-1961

Sierra Leone Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1893-1961 This collection contains annual reports compiled by the British colonial government in Sierra Leone. The documents pre-date the establishment of the Sierra Leone Protectorate in 1896, covering the period up to the creation of an independent Sierra Leone state in 1961. The Annual Departmental Reports provide

British Online Archives: Colonial Law in Africa

Colonial Law in Africa, 1808-1919 Originally known as the ‘Government Gazettes’, each item contains the colonial laws for the year they were published. The legal records also include property for sale, probate records and bankruptcy notices. This is the first part of the three part series ‘Colonial Law in Africa’. These items cover the Napoleonic