About A. B. C. Sibthorpe
Lived 1835 – 1916 (aged 80–81). A. B. C. Sibthorpe was a historian.
Aaron Belisarius Cosmo Sibthorpe (183?–1916) was a nineteenth century Sierra Leonean historian. He published both History and Geography of Sierra Leone in 1868.
Sibthorpe was born somewhere near Benin, and after being captured and enslaved, he became a Liberated African in colonial Sierra Leone while still a youth. He remained in Sierra Leone all his life. He became a school teacher, teaching in villages around Freetown.
He became a prominent member of the Creole community. However, by the time of his death he had been forgotten.
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Who was A. B. C. Sibthorpe?
African historian
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A. B. C. Sibthorpe was born in 1835.
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A. B. C. Sibthorpe died in 1916.
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A. B. C. Sibthorpe was a historian.
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