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FREETOWN , See also:capital of the See also:British See also:colony of Sierra Leone, See also:West See also:Africa, on the See also:south See also:side of the Sierra Leone See also:estuary, about 5 M. from the cape of that name, in 8° 29' N., 13° to' W. Pop. (1901) 34,463. About 500 of the inhabitants are Europeans. Freetown is picturesquely situated on a See also:plain, closed in behind by a See also:succession of wooded hills, the Sierra Leone, rising to a height of 1700 ft. As nearly every See also:house is surrounded by a courtyard or See also:garden, the See also:town covers an unusually large See also:area for the number of its inhabitants. It possesses few buildings of architectural merit. The See also:principal are the See also:governor's See also:residence and See also:government offices, the See also:barracks, the See also:cathedral, the missionary institutions, the See also:fruit See also:market, See also:Wilberforce See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, courts of See also:justice, the railway station and the See also:grammar school. Several of these institutions are built on the slopes of the hills, and on the highest point, See also:Sugar See also:Loaf See also:Mountain, is a See also:sanatorium. The botanic gardens See also:form a pleasant and favourite See also:place of resort. The roads are wide but badly kept. Horses do not live, and all wheeled See also:traffic is done by See also:manual labour—hammocks and See also:sedan-chairs are the customary means of locomotion. Notwithstanding that Freetown possesses an abundant and pure See also:water-See also:supply, See also:drawn from the adjacent hills, it is enervating and unhealthy, and it was particularly to the capital, often spoken of as Sierra Leone, that the designation "See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White See also:Man's See also:Grave" applied. Since the beginning of the 20th See also:century strenuous efforts have been made to improve the sanitary See also:condition by a new See also:system of drainage, a better water service, the filling up of marshes wherein the malarial See also:mosquito breeds, and in other directions. A See also:light railway 6 m. See also:long, opened in 1904, has been built to See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill Station (goo ft. high), where, on a healthy site, are the residences of the government officials and of other Europeans. As a consequence the public See also:health has improved, the highest See also:death-See also:rate in the years 1901-1907 being 29.6 per 1000. The town is governedby a See also:municipality (created in 1893) with a See also:mayor and councillors, the large See also:majority being elective. Freetown was the first place in British West Africa granted See also:local self-government.
Both commercially and strategically Freetown is a place of importance. Its See also:harbour affords ample See also:accommodation for the largest fleets, it is a coaling station for the British See also:navy, the See also:head-quarters of the British military forces in West Africa, the See also:sea See also:terminus of the railway to the See also:rich oil-See also:palm regions of Mendiland, and a See also:port of See also:call for all steamers serving West Africa. Its inhabitants are noted for their skill as traders; the town itself produces nothing in the way of exports.
In consequence of the See also:character of the See also:original See also:settlement (see SIERRA LEONE), 75% of the inhabitants are descended from non-indigenous See also:Negro races. As many as 150 different tribes are represented in the Sierra Leonia of to-See also:day. Their semi-Europeanization is largely the result of missionary endeavour. The only See also:language of the See also:lower class is See also:pidgin-English—quite incomprehensible to the, newcomer from See also:Great See also:Britain,—but a large proportion of the inhabitants are highly educated men who excel as lawyers, clergymen, clerks and traders. Many members of the upper, that is, the best-educated, class have filled See also:official positions of great responsibility. The most noted citizens are See also:Bishop See also:Crowther and See also:Sir See also:Samuel See also:Lewis, See also:chief justice of Sierra Leone 1882-1894. Both were full-blooded Africans. The Kru-men form a distinct See also:section of the community, living in a See also:separate See also:quarter and preserving their tribal customs.
Since 1861-1862 there has been an See also:independent Episcopal Native See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church; but the Church Missionary Society, which in 1804 sent out the first missionaries to Sierra Leone, still maintains various agencies. Furah See also:Bay See also:College, built by the society on the site of See also:General See also:Charles See also:Turner's See also:estate (11 m. E. of Freetown), and opened in 1828 with six pupils, one of whom was Bishop Crowther, was affiliated in 1876 to See also:Durham University and has a high-class curriculum. The Wesleyans have a high school, a theological college, and other educative agencies. The Moslems, who are among the most See also:law-abiding and intelligent citizens of Freetown, have several See also:state-aided See also:primary See also:schools.
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