Cline Town

They arranged for the transport of London's so-called Black Poor to Sierra Leone where they were amongst its original settlers.

The town was rebuilt in 1791 with the assistance of Alexander Falconbridge, a former surgeon on a slave ship.

[2] This settlement differed from the Freetown Colony that was established on 11 March 1792 by the Nova Scotian Settlers.

However, by 1800, the settlement had been largely abandoned following attacks by Temne tribesmen of the Koya Empire, and the Maroons were soon after moved to the Freetown settlement where they formed a district that would be known later as Maroon Town.

Some Creole families such as the Clarkes and Reeds (Reids) may be descendants of the Old Settlers.