| Documents from the Colonial Era | |
| 1787 to 1961 | Colonial Governors Colonial officials from the Province of Freedom until Independence. |
| 1792 | Governor Clarkson's Prayer for Sierra Leone This prayer by Sierra Leone's first governor-general still hangs today in many homes in Freetown. |
| 1839 | The Amistad Revolt |
| 1839 | The Amistad Case, Complete Summaries and handwritten letters |
| 1839 | Faces of the Amistad Victims Contemperaneous drawings by New Haven, Connecticut resident William H. Townsend |
| 1847 | Treaty Between Sierra Leone & Locco Marsamma Treaty concluded between Norman William Macdonald, Captain-General and Governor-In-Chief of the Colony of Sierra Leone, and Ba Mauro, King of the Locco Marsamma. |
| 1848 | Freetown in 1848 |
| 1853 | Missionary Report |
| 1808-1861 | Captured slave ships brought to Freetown for trial Cases brought before the British Vice Admiralty Court and (later) the Mixed Commission Court in Freetown, Sierra Leone. |
| 1821-1881 | Maritime Museum Index Pictures from Sierra Leone which are on display at the Maritime Museum in Greenwich, UK. |
| 11 August 1885 | Cap. LXXXV An Act for carrying into effect the Engagements between Her Majesty and certain Chiefs of the Sherbro Country near Sierra Leone in Africa for the more effectual Suppression of the Slave Trade. |
| 1886 | Sherbro and the Sherbros Daniel F. Wilberforce, United Brethern Publishing House |
| 27 May 1898 | Bai Bureh's Protest Published in the Dover Express (Britain), sixth column |
| 8 June 1898 | Rebel Leader (Bai Bureh) Desires Peace The Dundee Courier |
| 24 December 1898 | Bai Bureh Sketch The Illustrated London News |
| 28 December 1898 | The Fate of Bai Bureh The Newcastle Daily Journal (Britain), third column |
| 25 March 1899 | Military Operations in Sierra Leone: Scenes in the Kissi Country Military operations in Bandajuma, in the Illustrated London News |
| 29 December 1899 | Hut Tax War Report The London Gazette |
| 1907 | Superintendent's Report Sierra Leone Mission |
| 1920 | Partition of Africa Published by H.M. Stationery Office |
| 1926 | The 1926 Slave Revolt in Sierra Leone By Alfred Arkley. Presented at International Conference, Sierra Leone Past & Present, Freetown, Sierra Leone, on 26 April 26 2012. Revised on 15 February 2013. |
| 22 January 1955 | On Safari With a Camera in West Africa The Sphere (Britain) |
Post Independence Documents |
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| 30 April 1960 | The Future of Sierra Leone: A Conference in London to decide the date of "Independence Day." The Sphere (Britain) |
| 22 March 1961 | Adoption in British Parliament on the Sierra Leone Independence Bill Transcript |
| 28 March 1961 | Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961 British Parliament |
| 27 April 1961 | Achievements in Sierra Leone Department of Information, Sierra Leone. Produced for Independence Day, 27th April 1961 (Scanned presentation copy from Ambassador William Fitzjohn to President John F. Kennedy) |
| April 1961 | Video documentary on Sierra Leone's Independence Pathé (British) |
| 18-24 April 1961 | Draft Response by President John F. Kennedy to Sierra Leone's Representantive, Dr. William Fitzjohn Expression of regret after Dr. Fitzjohn was refused service at a restaurant in Maryland, to be delivered on the date of Sierra Leone's independence. |
| 29 April 1961 | Messages from Commonwealth Leaders on Sierra Leone's Independence |
| 7 June 1962 | Television Comes to Sierra Leone Television Today |
| 1961-1962 | Official US Documents Relating to Sierra Leone US State Department |
| 9 December 1961 | The Royal Visit to Sierra Leone The Illustrated London News |
| 16 December 1961 | End of the Tour Queen Ends Tour of West Africa - The Sphere (Britain) |
| 9 June 1962 | Sierra Leone: The First General Election Since Independence The Sphere (Britain), "The Voice of the Commonwealth" |
| 1 June 1963 | Sierra Leone: The El Dorado of West Africa The Sphere (Britain) |
| 30 April 1964 | Challenge to Sierra Leone Merger of Colony with Protectorate The Birmingham Post (Britain) |
| 9 May 1964 | Death of Sir Milton Margai The Sphere (London) [Note: Independence Day was 27April 1961, not in July 1960.] |
| 1 April 1967 | Army Coup in Sierra Leone Unknown newspaper |
| A Decade of Conflict and the Road to Peace | |
| 1991-2002 | GOSL Statements and Documents Speeches and press releases from President Kabbah's government prior to and during his government-in-exile and Conakry, and following its restoration. |
| 1991-2002 | AFRC and RUF Statements and Documents Speeches, press releases and letters, 1997-1999. |
| 1991-2002 | Other Statements and Documents Speeches, statements, documents, and testimony from the political opposition, other governments, and the United Nations. |
| December 1992-January 1993 | British Cables on Execution of more than 20 Persons by the NPRC Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Britain), released subject to a Freedom of Information act request dated 11 May 2016. |
| 15-17 August 1995 | Report of the First National Consultative Conference on the Electoral Process (Bintumani I Conference) |
| 12 February 1996 | Report of the Second National Consultative Conference on the Electoral Process (Bintumani II Conference) |
| 30 November 1996 | Abidjan Peace Accord Peace agreement signed in Abidjan by the Government of Sierra Leone and the RUF. |
| 23 October 1997 | Conakry Accord The six-month peace plan for Sierra Leone between ECOWAS and the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council. |
| 17 April 1999 | Ceasefire Agreement (Lome) The ceasefire agreement signed between the Government of Sierra Leone and the RUF in Lome, Togo. |
| 7 July 1999 | Lome Peace Accord The peace agreement between the Sierra Leone government and the Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone to end the country's eight-year civil war. |
| 10 November 2000 | Abuja Ceasefire Agreement Text of the 30-day ceasefire agreement between the Government of Sierra Leone and the RUF. |
| 2004 | TRC Report Final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission |
| Postwar Documents | |
| 9 September 2015 | Alhaji Samuel Sam-Sumana v. the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice and Victor Bockarie Foh The Supreme Court decision upholding the legality of the president's dismissal of the vice-president. |
| 27 April 2011 | Sierra Leone's Golden Jubilee A PDF copy of the book printed for Sierra Leone's Golden Jubilee. |
| 27 April 2016 | 55th Independence Anniversary |
| 27 April 2016 | Sierra Leone History Slideshow |
| 12 May 2018 | Handing Over Notes of Former President Ernest Bai Koroma to H.E. President Julius Maada Bio |
| 4 July 2018 | Governance Transition Team (GTT) Report Report into alleged financial abuses of the previous government. |