Talk:British and Creole intervention in the Sierra Leone hinterland in the 19th century

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Needs work[edit]

I kind of really like this page, but I think it needs work to make it more readable. Leutha (talk) 06:36, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It's a good page. And I like the timelines. Perhaps the two timelines need to be merged into one with subheadings for the decades. Srnec (talk) 14:59, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your comments. I started to think in terms of decades but then thought in terms of administrative events, e.g. the parliamentary abolition of the slave trade (1807) which then led to all sorts of changes. There will be later significant events as well. Also the title should be changed as Rio Nunez is not in the Sierra Leone hinterland but rather Guinea. Then we should also include MacCarthy's seizure of Îles de Los also in Guinea. Also the notion of creole needs to be examined, i.e. many of the local African Chiefs were of mixed African and European descent. We should also include the contemporary criticisms of Robert Thorpe (judge) and provide more contextualisation. We should, however, be careful not to add too much detail here, but rather add material and where necessary create new pages with more detailed accounts which interested readers can click to. I think in the short term I shall add more links to other pages. Leutha (talk) 07:40, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I am starting work on a new chart. All positive involvement welcome

The Guinea–Sierra Leone boundary did not exist before 1882, so there is no problem in describing parts of what is now Guinea as being in Sierra Leone's hinterland prior to 1882. After that date we should stick to the British sphere of influence. See here. —Srnec (talk) 19:41, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]