James Africanus Beale Horton
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James Africanus Beale Horton was a Sierra Leonean writer, medical doctor, and officer in the British army. He was a prolific author, publishing books and pamphlets on political and medical subjects during his service between 1857 and 1871. Horton was part of an educated West African elite, known as Creoles, who emerged from the settlement of formerly enslaved people in Sierra Leone. This community, established in Freetown, included individuals who qualified as doctors and lawyers. Horton's literary contributions are recognized within Sierra Leone's literary tradition.12
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