Question

What was the goal of the Sierra Leone resettlement project?

Answer 1

The Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor was a charitable organisation founded in London in 1786 to provide sustenance for distressed people of African and Asian origin. It played a crucial role in the proposal to form a colony in Sierra Leone. The work of the Committee overlapped to some extent with the campaign to abolish slavery in Britain and its empire

Answer 2

Answer:

The Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor was a charitable organisation founded in London in 1786 to provide sustenance for distressed people of African and Asian origin. It played a crucial role in the proposal to form a colony in Sierra Leone. The work of the Committee overlapped to some extent with the campaign to abolish slavery in Britain and its empire.

Explanation:

Journal of Sustainable Mining

Volume 18, Issue 2, May 2019, Pages 67-76

Research paper

Mining-induced displacement and resettlement: The case of rutile mining communities in Sierra Leone

Author links open overlay panelSigismond A.Wilson