The West African Kroomen and their link to Simon’s Town by Joline Young
… 29 wives! [xxix] For the younger men, some as young as 14, leaving their families to work abroad had become a rite … Medals (1793 – 1856), (London: K J Douglas-Morris, 1987) p.14. ↩ [xxi]M McCulluch. Western Africa Part II – The Peoples … p.35. (1793 – 1856), (London: K J Douglas-Morris, 1987) p.14. ↩ [xxvii] Jane Martin, Krumen “down the Coast”: Liberian …