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Although Sierra Leoneans in United States belong to a variety of ethnic and religious groups have been created organizations to help Sierra Leonean community entire. So, the Chicagoland Association of Sierra Leoneans, formed in 1996, is a nonprofit organization to unite Sierra Leoneans in a community, socialize newcomers, and help to Sierra ...
United States-Sierra Leone relations date back at least to 1748 when the London firm of Grant, Sargent, and Oswald rebuilt the abandoned trading fort at Bunce Island and focused on supplying slaves to Charleston, South Carolina where local rice planters paid a premium for slaves from Sierra Leone and the neighboring areas in West Africa's Rice Coast because of their specialized knowledge and ...
From 1975-1985 practiced in obstetrics, Sierra Leone. In 1987 Medical Government of Sierra Leone. 1990-1991: Review Committee,. Proposed member of Parliament. 1991-1993: minister of commerce, industry and state enterprises Valentine Strasser: Bill Clinton: September 19, 1996: October 9, 1996: John Ernest Leigh: Ahmad Tejan Kabbah: Bill Clinton ...
The gravestone of Lawrence Hartshorne, a Quaker who was the chief assistant of John Clarkson. [1] [2]The Nova Scotian Settlers, or Sierra Leone Settlers (also known as the Nova Scotians or more commonly as the Settlers), were African Americans and African Nova Scotians or Black Canadians of African-American descent who founded the settlement of Freetown, Sierra Leone and the Colony of Sierra ...
Sierra Leone portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. A. American people of Sierra Leonean descent (2 C, 43 P) S ...
Sierra Leonean emigrants to the United States (21 P) A. American people of Mende descent (10 P) Pages in category "American people of Sierra Leonean descent"
Joseph A. Opala, OR (born August 4, 1950) is an American historian noted for establishing the "Gullah Connection," the historical links between the indigenous people of the West African nation of Sierra Leone and the Gullah people of the Low Country region of South Carolina and Georgia in the United States.
Sierra Leonean Americans are citizens of the United States who were born in Sierra Leone or who are of Sierra Leonean descent. Subcategories.