Thomas Neale-Caulker

Thomas Neale-Caulker (died 1898) was chief of Kagboro in Sierra Leone (1888–1898).[citation needed] He was killed during the Hut Tax War of 1898, in which he sided with the government and was reproached for his brutality.[1]

He was the son of Thomas Stephen Caulker, and a member of the Caulker family, descendants of Thomas Corker.[2][self-published source]

He was an opponent of the Poro, a powerful secret society prevalent amongst the Mende people. A practicing Christian he said: "I believe the society will, in God's time, die out of our midst. It will not be by violence, but by the power of the gospel."[3] John Augustus Abayomi-Cole

References

  1. ^ Reed, Tristan; Robinson, James A. (2012). "The Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone" (PDF). msu.edu. Michigan State University. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  2. ^ Caulker-Burnett, Imodale (2010). The Caulkers of Sierra Leone. Xlibris. ISBN 978-1-4568-0240-0.
  3. ^ Abayomi-Cole, John Augustus Abayomi-Cole (1885). Hope of Sherbro's Future Greatness. p. 14  – via Wikisource. [scan Wikisource link]