Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo (1701–1773), also known as Job Ben Solomon, was a prominent Fulani Muslim prince from West Africa who was kidnapped and trafficked to the Americas during the Atlantic slave trade, having previously owned and sold slaves himself.
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo | |
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Portrait of Diallo by William Hoare (1733) | |
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| Born | 1701 Bundu (present-day Senegal) |
| Died | 1773 (age 71–72) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Maliki |
| Other names | Job Ben Solomon |
Born in Bundu, Senegal (West Africa), Ayuba's memoirs were published as one of the earliest slave narratives, 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. A first-hand account of Ayuba's capture and eventual return home can be found in Francis Moore's Travels into the Inland Parts of Africa.