Ayuba Suleiman Diallo

Deceased Person

1701 – 1773

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Who was Ayuba Suleiman Diallo?

Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, also known as Job ben Solomon, was a famous Muslim who was a victim of the Atlantic slave trade. Born in Bundu, Senegal, Ayuba's memoirs were published as one of the earliest slave narratives, that is, a first-person account of the slave trade, in Thomas Bluett's Some Memories of the Life of Job, the Son of the Solomon High Priest of Boonda in Africa; Who was enslaved about two Years in Maryland; and afterwards being brought to England, was set free, and sent to his native Land in the Year 1734. However, this version is not a first-person account.

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Born
1701
Gambia
Religion
  • Islam
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
1773

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on July 23, 2013

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