Zamba Zembola | |
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 The Life and Adventures of Zamba, 1847. The text under the portrait reads "African negro slave". | |
| Born | c. 1780 Unknown |
| Died | Before 1860 (aged 60–70) or
Before 1870 (aged 70–80) or Unknown |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | author of the novel The Life and Adventures of Zamba, an African Negro King. |
Zamba Zembola (born c. 1780) is the supposed author of an 1847 slave narrative, The Life and Adventures of Zamba, an African Negro King; and his Experience of Slavery in South Carolina, which describes his kidnapping and 40 years of labor as a enslaved person on a plantation in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The work was edited by Peter Neilson, a Scottish abolitionist. Some scholars believe the book is not a genuine slave narrative but is fiction written by Neilson. Neilson refused to produce Zamba for inspection by anyone else.