| He professes great friendship for the English, as well as for the people of Abeokuta. |
| Returning to Africa, he laboured with great success amongst his own people and afterwards at Abeokuta. |
| I have heard of Dahomey, of course, and its horrible customs, but I don't know anything about Abeokuta. |
| At those places they heard of Abeokuta and the stand it had made against the slave-trade. |
| Nevertheless, the Abeokuta people have opposed an heroic resistance, and so far successfully. |
| Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria. |
