ABSTRACT
From the latter part of the nineteenth century native migrants were increasingly attracted to Freetown by the opportunity of paid employment, and since about 1914 they have outnumbered the Creoles. The Creole population of the city has maintained its numbers only by drawing immigrants from the nearby Creole villages of the peninsula. The Creoles drew a sharp dividing line between themselves and this new section of the population whom they regarded as socially and morally inferior. The present transfer of population to Freetown is, on economic grounds, for the countryside can in many areas well afford to lose some of its farmers so long as soil erosion remains as menacing as at present. The communication of ideas is also becoming more rapid and the spread of companies in the Protectorate illustrates how progressive youths in Freetown have been able indirectly to extend the influence of their ideas throughout large sections of the country.
