HISA04H3 Lecture Notes - Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, Royal African Company, Gambia River
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Showed the plan of average areas where slaves were held before being sold. The case of ayuba suleiman diallo (job ben solomon) His father was wealthy enough to afford slaves: diallo was sent by father to sell slaves at gambia. While on his way home, he was captured by british raiders and sold as a slave: on the ship, arabella. Ended up on kent island, maryland: tobacco farm for one year. Diallo had been given a classic muslim education so he could read and write: this caught the attention of a trader who helped diallo escape. He then went to england and worked for royal africa company (a slaving company: by working with them, he made it back to africa. Continued to work for the slaving company, despite having being a slave himself. The bank had once, centuries ago, been involved in slaving.
