Tom, whose African name was Sali-bul-Ali, was purchased about the year 1800, by my father, from the Bahama islands, to which he had been brought from Anamaboo. His industry, intelligence, and honesty, soon brought him into notice, and he was successively... Notes on Northern Africa, the Sahara and Soudan: In Relation to the ... - Page 68de William Brown Hodgson - 1844 - 107 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Ronald A. T. Judy - 1993 - 372 pages
...give you, in detail, the results of the conversations I have had with him; feeling that everything coming from a person to whom Timbucto, Jenne, and...to one who has made Soudan a subject of research. . . . His native town is Kianah, in the district of Temourah, and in the kingdom of Massina. (Hodgson... | |
| Allan D. Austin - 1997 - 220 pages
...though he later wrote, erroneously, that the Fulbe had had no slaves in Africa. "Tom [born around 1765], whose African name was Sali-bul-Ali, was purchased...from the Bahama islands, to which he had been brought [around 1780] from Anamaboo [present-day Ghana]. " (At a later point, Couper described him as being... | |
| Keith Cartwright - 2002 - 282 pages
...in servitude among that nation" (68). Bilali appears to have adapted rapidly to his opportunities: Tom, whose African name was Sali-bul-Ali, was purchased...honesty, soon brought him into notice, and he was successfully advanced, until he was made head driver of this plantation, in 1816. He has continued... | |
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