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Aberdeen, Sierra Leone

Coordinates: 8°30′N 13°17′W / 8.500°N 13.283°W / 8.500; -13.283
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This article is about Aberdeen, Sierra Leone. For other uses of Aberdeen, see Aberdeen (disambiguation).
Aberdeen, Sierra Leone
Country Sierra Leone
ProvinceWestern Area
DistrictWestern 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

  1. ^ National Tourist Board website
  2. ^ Sanneh, Lamin (2009). Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa. Cammbrideg, Mass.: Harvard University Press. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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


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