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Hendrik Vroom
The Elmina King who was exiled to Sierra Leone for 21 years for standing up to British rule
He was exiled to Sierra Leone because he defied the colonial government and turned down an offer of a bribe from the Europeans. He refused to hoist the English flag on the Elmina Castle and sign off his rights as king and pay allegiance to the British government. This was the crime of the Elmina…
