John 'Johnny' Taylor
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John 'Johnny' Taylor was a Creole
merchant based in Port Loko
who killed during the Hut Tax War by Bai Bureh's war boys. Taylor was the only Creole who was murdered by Bai Bureh and his death was said to have been caused by his actions during the uprising.
and established a store in Port Loko, Sierra Leone. Taylor was killed by Temne 'war boys' mustered by Bai Bureh
during the Hut Taxwar in 1898. The way boys found Taylor by releasing his pet monkey that ran upstairs and revealed the location of where he was hiding in his house. Taylor's throat was then cut and he was chopped to pieces by the war boys. Taylor was killed because Bai Bureh's men believed he supported the British
in their 'hut tax' on all houses. Taylor was also accused of spying and providing information to District Commissioner Sharpe regarding the movement of Bai Bureh's men.
after her marriage. Taylor was married to Tabitha Mariah Taylor (the daughter of the catechist Charles S. Brown) and the couple had a daughter called Petan Mary Taylor. Petan was five years old when her father was killed in Port Loko.
Sierra Leone Creole people
The Sierra Leone Creoles, or Krios, are an ethnic group in Sierra Leone, descendants of West Indian slaves from the Caribbean, primarily from Jamaica; freed African American slaves from the Thirteen Colonies resettled from Nova Scotia; and Liberated Africans from various parts of Africa...
merchant based in Port Loko
Port Loko
Port Loko is the capital and second largest city of Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. The city lies about , as the crow flies, north-east of the nation's capital Freetown and had a population of 21,961 in the 2004 census Port Loko lies on Banka Soka River, which flows...
who killed during the Hut Tax War by Bai Bureh's war boys. Taylor was the only Creole who was murdered by Bai Bureh and his death was said to have been caused by his actions during the uprising.
Hut Tax War and death
John Taylor moved from FreetownFreetown
Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone, a country in West Africa. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean located in the Western Area of the country, and had a city proper population of 772,873 at the 2004 census. The city is the economic, financial, and cultural center of...
and established a store in Port Loko, Sierra Leone. Taylor was killed by Temne 'war boys' mustered by Bai Bureh
Bai Bureh
Bai Bureh was a Sierra Leonean ruler and military strategist who led the Temne and Loko uprising against British rule in 1898 in Northern Sierra Leone.-Early life:...
during the Hut Taxwar in 1898. The way boys found Taylor by releasing his pet monkey that ran upstairs and revealed the location of where he was hiding in his house. Taylor's throat was then cut and he was chopped to pieces by the war boys. Taylor was killed because Bai Bureh's men believed he supported the British
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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in their 'hut tax' on all houses. Taylor was also accused of spying and providing information to District Commissioner Sharpe regarding the movement of Bai Bureh's men.
Family
Taylor had a daughter called Susan who resided at Cline TownCline Town, Sierra Leone
Cline Town, Sierra Leone, which used to be known as Granville Town, was established in 1787 by the London-based Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor. They arranged for the transport of London's so-called Black Poor to Sierra Leone where they were amongst its original settlers...
after her marriage. Taylor was married to Tabitha Mariah Taylor (the daughter of the catechist Charles S. Brown) and the couple had a daughter called Petan Mary Taylor. Petan was five years old when her father was killed in Port Loko.