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| 1822 |
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| The first settlement for freed American slaves was founded in Liberia under the auspices of the American Colonization Society (ACS). The ACS was established in Washington, D.C., in 1816 in order to promote the repatriation of freed American slaves to Africa. The first group of freed slaves returning to Africa under ACS sponsorship initially stopped at Freetown, Sierra Leone. From there they proceeded to the new colony of Liberia in Jan. 1822. Liberia (the “land of the free”) was a private colony rather than an official territory of the United States. Its capital, Monrovia, was named after U.S. president James Monroe. | 1 |
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| 1823–31 |
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| First war between the British and the Asante. | 2 |
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| 1824, Jan. 21 |
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| Sir Charles Macarthy, British governor, committed suicide to avoid capture by Asante forces. | 3 |
| Osei Bonsu, Asantehene, died. | 4 |
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| 1827 |
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| The Basel Mission began work in the Gold Coast. | 5 |
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| 1831 |
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| The Asante made a treaty with the British and the Fante. | 6 |
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| 1833 |
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| Quaker missionaries began work in Gambia. | 7 |
| Methodists began missionary work in the Gold Coast. American Episcopal Methodists, American Presbyterians, and the American Board of Comissioners for Foreign Missions began work in Liberia. | 8 |
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| 1836 |
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| The Bible was translated into Mandingo. | 9 |
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| 1837 |
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| First peanuts were exported from Sierra Leone. | 10 |
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| 1839 |
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| Liberian settlers united to form the largely self-governing Commonwealth of Liberia in 1839. | 11 |
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| 1839 Ff |
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| Gradual drift of Saros (freed slaves from Sierra Leone) back to Yorubaland. “Recaptured” slaves living in Sierra Leone, who were originally enslaved in Yorubaland, began returning to their homeland in 1839. Many Saros brought with them a taste for international commerce in tropical commodities and a commitment to Christianity. African Christians established active mission stations in Yorubaland. | 12 |
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| c. 1840 |
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| The work of CMS and the Wesleyans spread rapidly among the freed slaves of Sierra Leone. | 13 |
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| 1841 Ff |
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| In 1841, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, a Saro, began the Niger Mission. In 1857, he left Yorubaland to begin missionary work among the societies of the lower Niger and the Niger delta. He led the Church Missionary Society mission among the Niger peoples. Crowther and his followers built a wholly African-run mission church. In 1864, Crowther was made the Anglican bishop of West Africa. He was the first African bishop of the Church of England. | 14 |
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