John Kizell had dealt with Paul Cuffe and had told him that the Sherbro lands would be suitable for African-American settlers.
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John Kizell was a first-generation African American of Sherbro origin.
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He was born to a Sherbro Chief and he was sold into slavery while on a visit to see his uncle who was another chief nearby.
Peter Louis Tucker is a notable Sherbro civil servant and he was once the Chief Executive for the Commission for Racial Equality in the United Kingdom a position he had from 1976-1982.
Seniora Doll or Senora Doll was a Sherbro princess or 'Duchess' of the Ya Kumba ruling house of the Yawry Bay Area between the Sierra Leone peninsula and the Sherbro estuary.
Thomas Corker (born Falmouth, Cornwall, England, died 1700) was a prominent English agent for the Royal African Company and worked in the Sherbro, Sierra Leone.
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Today most of Thomas Corker's descendants can be found living in Sierra Leone's southern region, Sherbro and the name is now spelled as Caulker.
An ethnic Sherbro, Karefa-Smart was educated at the E.U.B. Primary School, in Moyamba District and the Albert Academy in Freetown.
Minority ethnic groups with significant population are the Kissi, Kono, Sherbro and Vai.
He is a member of the famous Sherbro Kpaka or Rogers family originally from Bonthe District.
The population of the town is primarily from the Sherbro and Mende ethnic group.
The ACS group of freed slaves arrived at Sherbro Island in 1821 before being driven by circumstance to Providence Island at Cape Mesurado in present day Liberia in April 1822.
Famous Sierra Leoneans from the Sherbro ethnic group include:
Kpana Lewis, John Karefa-Smart, Paul Kpaka, Seniora Doll, Joseph Christian Humper, John Akar, B. J. Tucker, Peter L. Tucker,