James Corker or James Cleveland (born 1753/1754 – 24 March 1791) was a man of English descent who took part in clan fighting in precolonial

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Background

James Cleveland was the son of English slaver William Cleveland and his Kissi mistress. Cleveland had two half-siblings, John and Elizabeth, who were the children of William and his royal Sherbro wife, Kate Corker, a daughter of Chief Skinner Corker (son of the original Englishman

Thomas Corker Thomas Corker (1669/1670 – 10 September 1700) was known as an English agent for the Royal African Company on York Island (now Sherbro, Sierra Leone). He married a Sherbro princess and had two sons with her before his early death. The sons a ...

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1750s births Year of birth uncertain 1791 deaths Sherbro people {{England-bio-stub