Bunce Island Home of the ruins of a British slave castle. Cotton Tree The oldest of its kind in the country, this tree sits where formerly enslaved people are said to have founded the city of Freetown. Firing Point On an idyllic island off the coast of Sierra Leone, remnants of the defense of the slave trade and its later abolition. Gateway to the Old King's Yards Tens of thousands of Africans rescued from slave ships passed through this gate before being settled in Sierra Leone. King Tom Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery A seaside cemetery honors the Commonwealth soldiers and sailors that died in Sierra Leone during World War I and II. Kissy Boundary Gun A curiously placed cannon along a roundabout in Freetown marks the boundary of the old city. 1 2 3 Next »
