title: A. B. C. Sibthorpe
text: # A. B. C. Sibthorpe
  
  Aaron Belisarius Cosmo Sibthorpe (183?–1916) was a nineteenth century African historian. He published both History and Geography of Sierra Leone in 1868.
  
  Sibthorpe was born somewhere near Benin, and after being captured and enslaved, he became a Liberated African in colonial Sierra Leone while still a youth. He remained in Sierra Leone all his life. He became a school teacher, teaching in villages around $Freetown.^{:263}$
  
  He became a prominent member of the Creole community. However, by the time of his death he had been forgotten.
  
  