Zamba Zembola

Zamba Zembola (b. about 1780) is the author of the 1847 slave narrative "The Life and Adventures of Zamba, an African Negro King; and his Experience of Slavery in South Carolina", which describes his kidnapping and 40 years of labor on a slave plantation.

Early Life and Slavery

Zebola was the son of a king of a small community in the Congo. When he was in his twenties, his father did business with American and British traders. One such trader was Captain Winton, who befriended Zebola and taught him the rudiments of education. Captain Winton eventually invited Zebola to accompany him to America on his slave ship. Zebola agreed and road to America as a free man, while describing the squalid conditions in which the slaves were kept. When the boat arrived in America, Zebola was kidnapped and sold as a slave.

Zebola worked on a plantation in South Carolina for over forty years before achieving his freedom. His autobiography was published in 1847. [cite web |url= http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASzamba.htm|title= Zamba Zembola|accessdate=2008-10-02]

External Links

* [http://books.google.com/books?id=_MfdkgOVfr0C Full Text of The Life and Adventures of Zamba, an African King]

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