Thomas Neale-Caulker

Thomas Neale-Caulker (died 1898) was chief of Kagboro in Sierra Leone (1888–1898).[1] He was killed during the Hut Tax War of 1898, in which he sided with the government and was reproached for his brutality.[2]

He was the son of Thomas Stephen Caulker, and a member of the Caulker family, descendants of Thomas Corker.[3]

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."[4] John Augustus Abayomi-Cole

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