Britain and the United States and for slaves rescued from shipwrecks. The land of original

settlement, where the city later developed, was purchased from local chiefs.

The Sierra Leone Company, formed in 1791, administered the settlement until 1808, when it

became a crown colony. Britain set up a protectorate over the hinterland of Freetown in 1896. The

British were relatively nice towards the people of Sierra Leone. While they provided what they

could for the colony, they also illegally smuggled the nation's diamonds to other countries. The

first elections for the legislative council were held under the constitution of 1924. In 1950 the

National Council of Sierra Leone was formed by the Creole (Krio) elite with the purpose of

preserving and continuing the elevated status that the Krios enjoyed in the country. One year later

Milton Margai helped form the Sierra Leone People's Party (Harris pg. 247). The ministerial

system was introduced in 1953, and Sir Milton Margai, a former physician and leader of the Sierra

Leone People's Party (SLPP), was appointed chief minister in 1954 and prime minister in 1960

ruled under the supervision of British district commissioners. Innovation was discouraged, and little

Iliffe, J. (1995). Africans: The History of a Continent. Cambridge, England: Cambridge

problems between the many different tribes in Sierra Leone (although in colonial times it was more

neglected the country's interior as well as exploiting its diamond mines. There was a market in

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