During these years the colony's acting governor, Zachary Macaulay, and his council agreed to accept American blacks as settlers with a gift of free Sierra Leone land if they met four criteria: they must have letters of recommendation of their upright character from their clergy, they must agree to become British subjects and abide by British law, they must secure their own passage to the colony, and they must clear at least one third of the land given to them for agriculture within two years of arrival.
I løbet af disse år enedes koloniens fungerende guvernør, Zachary Macauley, og hans råd om at tage imod sorte amerikanere som kolonister og give dem gratis jord i Sierra Leone, hvis de opfyldte fire kriterier: De skulle have anbefalinger om deres gode karakter fra deres præst, de skulle acceptere at blive britiske borgere og følge britisk lov, de må selv sørge for transport til kolonien og de skal rydde mindst en tredjedel af det område de modtog så det kunne bruges til landbrug indenfor to år efter ankomsten.