Abraham Elliot Griffiths

Abraham Elliot Griffiths (17?? – 1802) was one of the settlers who founded Sierra Leone, in West Africa.

Griffiths was of mixed African and Welsh heritage. He became a protégé of Granville Sharp while in London, having the costs of learning to read and write paid by his patron. He was one of the corporals of the Black Poor of London, and played a leading role in the organisation of the first expedition to Sierra Leone in 1787. He was also accused of having forged some currency.

In 1802 he was imprisoned for debt and died in prison.