Settler Town, Sierra Leone

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Settler Town, Sierra Leone or Settler Tong in Krio was the home of African American ex-slaves (who immigrated to Sierra Leone and established the first free African American settlement in Africa. Settler Town was established as a walled town in 1792 between Walpole and East streets. Settler Town was compared to a town in the American South (where most of the African American settlers were from) and also to Washington D.C..

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[edit] History of Settler Town

In Sierra Leone these American ex-slaves were called the 'Nova Scotians' and the 'settlers'. Settler Town was the second city established in the modern day area of Freetown, Sierra Leone in and was established in 1792 (http://www.geocities.com/mclane65/black-heroes.html). Mary Perth, Martha Hazeley and Sophia Small created the first stores in Freetown at that time period. Charlotte Simpson was also a notable shopkeeper. As more African Americans settled in the colony of Freetown, Sierra Leone, the Nova Scotians became a distinct ethnic group in Sierra Leone, a group of people who (despite having obvious ties with the United States) did not share all the cultural traditions of more recently freed African American slaves. Some of the Barbadian immigrants such as the Priddy family (Sierra Leone) and later transatlantic settlers would buy houses from Nova Scotians and settle in Settler Town.

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