The colony · 1787–1895

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Bɔku pan dɛn ya na kɔlonial ɔfisa, mishɔnari ɛn fɔrina dɛn mek dɛn. Di nem ɛn di tɔk we de wit dɛn kɔmɔt na di kɔlɛkshɔn dɛn, ɛn sɔm kin gɛt di aydia ɛn wɔd dɛn fɔ da tɛm de. Wi sho dɛn as istri, nɔto se wi gri wit dɛn. Na kɔmpyuta put di det, di tɛm ɛn di kayn fɔ ɛni foto, so sɔm go rɔng. If yu ɔ yu fambul de insay wan foto, if na yu gɛt di rayt fɔ wan, if sɔntin rɔng, ɔ if yu tink se wan foto nɔ fɔ de ya, prɛs “Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto” ɔnda am: di tin we yu rayt go rich wi ɛditɔ dɛn wit di foto, ɛn dɛn kin pul am wantɛm. Yu kin rayt to hello@dt-ets.com.

A view of Freetown 1803
One of the earliest pictures of the settlement, from Thomas Winterbottom's account of the colony.
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Regent's Town c. 1820
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Free Town, Sierra Leone 1850
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Freetown from the water c. 1856
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Pademba Road 1856
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Freetown from the hills c. 1892
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Freetown from the Tower Hill barracks c. 1870
An albumen print by the photographer J. P. Decker.
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HOLMAN(1840) p008 JAMES HOLMAN 1840
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HOLMAN(1840) Travels 1840
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Freetown in 1850 1850
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POOL(1850) Life, Scenery, and Customs in Sierra Leone and the Gambia (V.1) 1850
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POOL(1850) Life, Scenery, and Customs in Sierra Leone and the Gambia (V.2) 1850
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James Maurice Primrose - Freetown, Sierra Leone, November 1851 3380795874 1851
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Sketches in sierra leone 1856
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Sketches in sierra leone2 1856
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Colonial Secretary & Treasurer's offices from a North Eastern angle. George Street, by J.P. Decker c.1870
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The Graphic 1883, p. 52 1883
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John Parkes Decker - Studio portrait of African man and child before 1890
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Two lines of men wearing loincloths are pulling the carriage 1830
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Two lines of men wearing loincloths are pulling the carriage 1830
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The colony · 1787–1895

Tɔŋ,stritɛnbil

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Usay pipul bin de liv: strit, makit, os, chɔch ɛn mɔsk, ɛn di vilej dɛn ɔp kɔntri.

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Bɔku pan dɛn ya na kɔlonial ɔfisa, mishɔnari ɛn fɔrina dɛn mek dɛn. Di nem ɛn di tɔk we de wit dɛn kɔmɔt na di kɔlɛkshɔn dɛn, ɛn sɔm kin gɛt di aydia ɛn wɔd dɛn fɔ da tɛm de. Wi sho dɛn as istri, nɔto se wi gri wit dɛn. Na kɔmpyuta put di det, di tɛm ɛn di kayn fɔ ɛni foto, so sɔm go rɔng. If yu ɔ yu fambul de insay wan foto, if na yu gɛt di rayt fɔ wan, if sɔntin rɔng, ɔ if yu tink se wan foto nɔ fɔ de ya, prɛs “Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto” ɔnda am: di tin we yu rayt go rich wi ɛditɔ dɛn wit di foto, ɛn dɛn kin pul am wantɛm. Yu kin rayt to hello@dt-ets.com.