Front: Bai Bureh (1840-1908), Sierra Leone's greatest hero

As a young man, Bai Bureh attended a training school for warriors. He became a famous war leader in the 1860s and 1870s. In 1886, He was crowned ruler of Kasseh, a small kingdom near Port Loko. He organized large-scale guerilla revolt against the British. The British captured him in 1898 and sent him into exile. He was reinstated as a Chief of Kasseh in 1905.

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Front: I T A Wallace-Johnson (1894-1965), a famous Sierra Leonean

I T A Wallace-Johnson led the first Mass Movement of Sierra Leoneans from all works of life. He worked untiringly for Unity and the rights of the common man.

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Front: Sengbe Pieh (1813-1879), a famous Sierra Leonean

Sengbe Pieh was a farmer whose extraordinary courage in resisting slavery earned him a lasting place in the histories of Sierra Leone and the United States. He led a revolt on board a slave ship called the Amistad off the Coast of America.

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Front: Dove flying over the map of Sierra Leone; national flag

Back: Coat of arms; cotton tree