The colony · 1787–1895
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The New Burial Ground 1860
Julia Sass · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
The first page of Matthew in Bullom, with the English beside it 1816
"Keth nseh": chapter one, in Bullom on the left and English on the right. Printed in London in 1816 for the Church Missionary Society's work on the Bullom shore, across the river from Freetown.
Gustavus Reinhold Nylander (translator) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
The first page of Luke in Mende 1871
"Sapta 1": chapter one of Luke in Mende, printed by the Mende Mission in 1871.
Mende Mission · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
The Hope of Sherbro's Future Greatness - Cover 1885
John Augustus Abayomi-Cole · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto