This day in Sierra Leone history
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January
1
1808
The Sierra Leone Company surrenders its charter and Sierra Leone becomes a British Crown Colony.
Sources: Wikipedia: Sierra Leone
Suggest a fix1898
Governor Frederic Cardew's hut tax takes effect across the Protectorate. Resistance to it becomes the Hut Tax War.
Sources: Wikipedia: Hut Tax War of 1898
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