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John Clarkson

1764–1828 · 19th century

John Clarkson was a British naval officer and abolitionist, brother of Thomas Clarkson. For the Sierra Leone Company he organised the voyage of about 1,100 Black Loyalists from Nova Scotia to West Africa in 1792, where they founded Freetown. He served as the settlement's first governor before returning to Britain later that year.

John Clarkson
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Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate

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