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4 unusual facts about Henry Stanhope Freeman


Henry Stanhope Freeman

Freeman agreed with the former explorer Richard Burton, who visited Lagos, that the blacks were more likely to be converted by Islam than by Christianity.

The Ogun River leading to Abeokuta was not safe for canoe traffic, with travelers at risk from Egba robbers.

In his last two years his responsibilities were assumed by Captain William Rice Mulliner and then by Captain John Hawley Glover.

In his Annual Report for 1863, Freeman said that trade had almost stopped altogether due to the by war between Ibadan and Abeokuta.



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