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1864 SAMUEL AJAYI CROWTHER. July 23, 1864 Letter by First African Bishop, Former Nigerian Slave! Martyrs Salkeld sought to recover BiblicalA wonderfully clean, crisp 2pp ALS by Samuel Ajayi Crowther [1807 1891]. Born in Yorubaland [modern Nigeria], he was taken captive by Muslim slave traders and traded six times before being sold to the Portuguese. As part of the British anti slavery patrol of ships coming to Europe, the ship Samuel was on was intercepted, boarded, and the slaves set free and transported to Sierra Leone. There Crowther became a Christian and began training for the