Polity Temne Kingdom

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Was a pre-colonial African state in present-day Liberia founded by the Koya people. Despites being sometimes considered the same as the Koya Kingdom, we consider the Koya Kingdom a different polity of the Koya people located in present-day Sierra Leone.

Establishment

  • January 1506: Establishment of the Temne Kingdom.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 1825: In 1824 the colony of New Georgia was founded.
  • January 1829: Kentucky in Africa was a colony settled by freed African-American slaves in present-day Montserrado County, Liberia.
  • August 1896: The territory of Temne became a British protectorate.

Disestablishment

  • August 1896: The territory of Temne became a British protectorate.