Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
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Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, also known as Job Ben Solomon, was a prominent Fulani Muslim prince from Bundu in West Africa who was kidnapped and trafficked to the Americas during the Atlantic slave trade.
Portrait of Diallo by William Hoare (1733)
James Oglethorpe
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Lieutenant-General James Edward Oglethorpe was a British army officer, Tory politician and colonial administrator best known for founding the Province of Georgia in British North America. As a social
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
…by the circumstances, Tolsey allowed Ayuba to write a letter in Arabic to send to his father in Africa. Eventually, the letter reached the office of James Oglethorpe, Director of the Royal African Company. After having the letter authenticated by John Gagnier, the Laudian Chair of Arabic at the University of Oxford…
Portrait by Alfred Edmund Dyer, c. 1927
Thomas Bambridge (standing, far left) being questioned by Oglethorpe (believed to be the figure seated, far left, in front of Bainbridge) of the parliamentary Gaols Committee.
Oglethorpe and the Indians, frieze in the United States Capitol Rotunda. Photo courtesy of the Architect of the Capitol
Oglethorpe (centre, in black) and the trustees meeting with a Yamacraw delegation led by Tomochichi in 1734