Sierra Leone Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1893-1961
Annual Departmental Reports relating to Sierra Leone, 1893-1961
It was only after the establishment of the Sierra Leone Protectorate that British colonial administration and technical departments began to assume a complexity which warranted separate departmental reportsGuide to the Microfilm Edition
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Explore key government reports that chart Sierra Leone's journey towards independence
Sierra Leone Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1893-1961 contains papers from the colonial government in Sierra Leone. They reveal the approach the British took to colonial rule in this country. The reports are divided into nine distinct volumes for convenience. These are Administration, Finance, Judicial and Police, Natural Resources, Social Services, Transport and Public Works, Communications and Post Office Savings, Commerce, and Staff Lists and Miscellaneous.
The government reports contained in this collection cover several important developments and events in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including the First and Second World Wars, social services during colonial governance, and Sierra Leone achieving independence in 1961. The reports, therefore, provide students and academics with a unique insight into the history of Sierra Leone and the development and eventual dissolution of British colonialism in West Africa.
This collection is accompanied by a guide to the microfilm edition, by David C. Doward.
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Sierra Leone Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1893-1961...
Annual Departmental Reports relating to Sierra Leone, 1893-1961
Volumes & Documents
Highlights
Licensed to access Labour, 1939-1961
H.A. Nisbet assumed duties as Labour Secretary in Sierra Leone on 22nd July 1939. His duties were to oversee the mobilisation and utilisation of native labour within Sierra Leone as part of the British war effort. This document includes details on the success of this effort.
Licensed to access Protectorate Assembly, 1947-1955
In 1945–46, constitutional amendments were enacted by the British to establish a Protectorate Assembly as a means of countering the political aspirations of the Colony's educated elite. They did this by enlisting the support of the more conservative provincial Chiefs and as part of a belated attempt to redress the political, economic, and developmental imbalance between the Colony and Protectorate. This document includes the proceedings of the Protectorate Assembly.
Insights
These reports are arranged by department. Comparison of reports over time yields insights into how each area of government developed throughout the period of British colonial rule.
These papers cover the First and Second World Wars, social services during colonial governance, and Sierra Leone achieving independence in 1961.
The contents page at the front of each report lists the departments which existed at that time. Comparison of these contents pages reveals how the structure of the colonial government changed over time.
Audits, Estimates, and other financial reports provide a wealth of quantifiable information and statistics on the allocation of resources by and within the Colonial Government. Detailed within the Finance collection is the introduction of income tax in 1944.
Given the period this collection covers, students and academics are able to use these resources to trace the gradual transfer of power from the British Empire to Sierra Leone, culminating in Sierra Leone achieving independence in 1961.
