Historic Freetown - One Journey symposium highlights (March 2022)

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Zion Freetown 230

Zion Freetown

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Established in Sierra Leone in 1792 by ex-Loyalists who journeyed from the American South to Nova Scotia then to Freetown on 16 ships, later joined by Maroons from Jamaica, Liberated Africans, Africans from the West Indies, the seventeen nations including Mende, Sherbro, Temne and Bullom peoples of the region, to form the Central Circuit; Zion Methodist Church today remains a fixture of living history in the heart of Freetown. Seven generations of family and 230 years of fellowship later we look back at the story of Zion and set course for the next port in a remarkable 'One Journey'.

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Historic Freetown - One Journey symposium highlights (March 2022)

Zion Freetown 230

39 minutes 9 seconds

2 years ago

Historic Freetown - One Journey symposium highlights (March 2022)

A virtual 'One Journey' symposium held on March 10, 2022 was the first in a series and featured speakers in Sierra Leone, Maryland, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Nova Scotia and other locations. They present perspectives, contributions and legacies of black Settlers around the world, and reflect on the founding of historic Freetown in 1792 and journeys beyond.

https://m.youtube.com/@africancurator6197/videos This session's topics include West Africa before the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, differences between history and heritage; Black Loyalists who fought during the American Revolutionary War and later settled in Canada, the largest exodus of free blacks from the Americas to Africa; the Gullah-Geechee Corridor, Black Seminole stories; #1792 initiatives including the Book of Letters and Proclamation projects; Liberated Africans and diasporas within Africa; the Krios, Islam and Freetown with all its Identities, 230 years on.

Organized by Adrian Q. Labor & Akindele T.M. Decker of African Curator, Amadu Massally & Aminata Kondeh of TPISENT, Barbara Morgan of Zion 230, Adesina During of KDU-Global, in partnership with the Freetown City Council and the Mayor of Freetown.

Visit https://youtu.be/it6VDkgCYFI for highlights of 'Freetown At 230 Years Anniversary Celebrations - 7th to 13th March 2022' (FCC).