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Senegalese slave (–)

Ayuba Suleiman Diallo (–), also known as Job Ben Solomon, was a prominent FulaniMuslim prince from West Africa who was kidnapped and trafficked to the Americas during the Atlantic slave trade, having previously owned and sold slaves himself.

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 .

However, this version is not a first-person account.

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A first-hand account of Ayuba's capture and eventual return home can be found in Francis Moore'sTravels into the Inland Parts of Africa.

Early life

Ayuba Suleiman Ibrahima Diallo was born c.&#; in Bondu,^[a] in the state of Futa Tooro.

His family were well-known religi