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Wilberforce is a neighborhood in Freetown, Sierra Leone. It is home to the Wilberforce military barracks, which is one of the largest and main baracks of the Sierra Leone military.

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Map of Wilberforce, Freetown, Republic of Sierra Leone

Wilberforce is also home to several foreign embassies, including China, Gambia, Germany, Liberia, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, and Austria [1]. It is also home to a military barracks [2].

History

Wilberforce was founded in 1810 provide accommodation for recaptives, liberated enslaved Africans, who had been brought to Freetown by the British Royal Navy West Africa Squadron. It was formerly known as Cabenda.

Notable People from Wilberforce, Sierra Leone

  • Isaac Wallace-Johnson, founder of the WAYL
  • John 'Johnny' Taylor: Creole trader killed during Sierra Leone's Hut Tax War of 1898
  • References

    Wilberforce, Sierra Leone Wikipedia


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