"Christaller's Quarter Report"

Includes information about another slave, whose home-country was “Marrowa” where a dialect of Hausa is spoken. His master was an Asante who wanted to kill him because he could not carry a Ioad of salt. He fled to Akropong, but his master found out where he was, and sold him. On the outbreak of the war rumours.12 (?) Asantes were chained by their wrists to a log… they had happened to be visiting Akropong at the time, one at least as the head of an expedition with several supporters. They were still chained up as Christaller was writing…the leader of the expedition before his capture had had a two hour conversation with Christaller (no info as to subject) - since his capture Christaller had visited him several times but had got very little out of him 'the. Asantes are very proud, especially of their power, and of the wealth of their kings.

25.05.1853

25.05.1853

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