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A. B. C. Sibthorpe

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Aaron Belisarius Cosmo Sibthorpe (183?–1916) was a nineteenth century African 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.^[1]{{rp|263}}

He became a prominent member of the Krio community. However, by the time of his death he had been forgotten.^[2]

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1. ^{{cite book|last1=July|first1=Robert W.|title=Origins of Modern African Thought|date=2004|publisher=Africa World Press|location=Trenton}}
2. ^{{cite book|last1=Cromwell|first1=Adelaide M|title=An African Victorian Feminist The Life and Times of Adelaide Smith Casely Hayford 1848-1960.|date=1986|publisher=Frank Cass|location=London}}

3 : 1830s births|1916 deaths|Sierra Leone Creole historians

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