Aberdeen, Sierra Leone

Aberdeen, Sierra Leone
Aberdeen, Sierra Leone
	Aberdeen, Sierra Leone Location in Sierra Leone
	Coordinates: 8°30′N 13°17′W / 8.500°N 13.283°W
Country	Sierra Leone
Province	Western Area
District	Western Area Urban District

Aberdeen is a coastal neighborhood in Sierra Leone's capital of Freetown. It is home to numerous up-scale restaurants, hotels, Lumley beach and other tourist facilities.^[1]

History

Aberdeen was founded in 1829 provide accommodation for recaptives, liberated enslaved Africans, who had been brought to Freetown by the British Royal Navy West Africa Squadron.^[2]^: 122

References

^ "National Tourist Board website". Archived from the original on 2006-10-18. Retrieved 2006-11-02.
^ Sanneh, Lamin (2009). Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa. Cammbrideg, Mass.: Harvard University Press.

External links

Official government tourism website

8°30′N 13°17′W / 8.500°N 13.283°W / 8.500; -13.283

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[1] "National Tourist Board website". Archived from the original on 2006-10-18. Retrieved 2006-11-02.

[Sanneh-2] Sanneh, Lamin (2009). Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa. Cammbrideg, Mass.: Harvard University Press.

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