- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780853233770
- eISBN:
- 9781846317293
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/UPO9781846317293.006
- Subject:
- History, Imperialism and Colonialism
After the failure of the Province of Freedom, Granville Sharp immediately hatched a plan to organise a relief expedition to help the survivors and keep them together. He asked for help from the ...
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After the failure of the Province of Freedom, Granville Sharp immediately hatched a plan to organise a relief expedition to help the survivors and keep them together. He asked for help from the British government, but when he received a lukewarm response, he turned to the St. George's Bay Company, hoping that it would buy a larger vessel to transport a significant quantity of stores. Sharp was also pinning his hopes on the Company to negotiate an agreement for the reoccupation of the land. This chapter examines the issues that surrounded the St. George's Bay Company as well as the constitutional position of the Sierra Leone settlement, looking in particular at the debate in Parliament about a settlement bill which would give the Company its formal incorporation.Less
After the failure of the Province of Freedom, Granville Sharp immediately hatched a plan to organise a relief expedition to help the survivors and keep them together. He asked for help from the British government, but when he received a lukewarm response, he turned to the St. George's Bay Company, hoping that it would buy a larger vessel to transport a significant quantity of stores. Sharp was also pinning his hopes on the Company to negotiate an agreement for the reoccupation of the land. This chapter examines the issues that surrounded the St. George's Bay Company as well as the constitutional position of the Sierra Leone settlement, looking in particular at the debate in Parliament about a settlement bill which would give the Company its formal incorporation.
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780853233770
- eISBN:
- 9781846317293
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/UPO9781846317293.005
- Subject:
- History, Imperialism and Colonialism
On May 10, 1787, the Sierra Leone expedition reached ‘Frenchman's Bay’, Sierra Leone. Captain Thomas Boulden Thompson, commander of one of the ships, H. M. S. Nautilus, signed a treaty with the ...
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On May 10, 1787, the Sierra Leone expedition reached ‘Frenchman's Bay’, Sierra Leone. Captain Thomas Boulden Thompson, commander of one of the ships, H. M. S. Nautilus, signed a treaty with the African ruler ‘King Tom’ to purchase the land. This first settlement was called the Province of Freedom. In addition to disease, many practical problems plagued the settlement in its early days. Granville Sharp was not discouraged by the heavy mortality which befell the crew, insisting that it was not caused by the climate. Determined not to abandon the settlement, he began to organise a relief expedition, known as the Myro expedition, to bring more supplies and new settlers to compensate for the deaths of the Black Poor due to disease. Sharp also proposed to form a company to trade with the Sierra Leone settlement, to be called St. George's Bay Company. This chapter examines the establishment of the Province of Freedom and the reasons for its eventual failure.Less
On May 10, 1787, the Sierra Leone expedition reached ‘Frenchman's Bay’, Sierra Leone. Captain Thomas Boulden Thompson, commander of one of the ships, H. M. S. Nautilus, signed a treaty with the African ruler ‘King Tom’ to purchase the land. This first settlement was called the Province of Freedom. In addition to disease, many practical problems plagued the settlement in its early days. Granville Sharp was not discouraged by the heavy mortality which befell the crew, insisting that it was not caused by the climate. Determined not to abandon the settlement, he began to organise a relief expedition, known as the Myro expedition, to bring more supplies and new settlers to compensate for the deaths of the Black Poor due to disease. Sharp also proposed to form a company to trade with the Sierra Leone settlement, to be called St. George's Bay Company. This chapter examines the establishment of the Province of Freedom and the reasons for its eventual failure.
