On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad — Spanish for “Friendship” ...

Apathetic to mere law, the onetime slaves were glad to continue toiling for their former masters, last week, because Sierra Leone is so impoverished and undeveloped that many a free man cannot ear ...

Olaudah Equiano was appointed commissary of provisions and stores for the emigrant poor going to Sierra Leone. Following the American war of independence there was also a large number of slaves ...

Charcoal portraits depict six of the enslaved Africans who were aboard the Amistad, the 19th-century slaving schooner that became the center of a landmark Supreme Court case. After they were stolen ...

A new generation of Sierra Leoneans is eager to show visitors that the nation's civil war is long gone and reintroduce one of Africa's great destinations to the world.

Olaudah Equiano was appointed commissary of provisions and stores for the emigrant poor going to Sierra Leone. Following the American war of independence there was also a large number of slaves ...

Sierra Leone is a poor country in western Africa. A former British colony, it is significant in the history of the transatlantic slave trade, serving as both a departure point for captive people and a ...

The community of Dublin traces its roots to descendants of emancipated Africans who started returning to Sierra Leone after the abolition of slave trade by Britain in 1807. Rusted cannons and a ...