Not a Zanzibari but one of the first American friends to Zanzibar, he traded extensively with the east African coast in the 1800's. As a merchant Captain sailing out of Salem, Mass. he found something in common with the men of the trading houses of Zanzibar whose own shipping fortunes were made in the Dhow trade.
Yeye hakuwa Mzanzibari, lakini alikuwa rafiki wa mwanzo wa Kimarekani kuja Zanzibar. Alifanya biashara kwa mapana katika mwambao wa Afrika Mashariki kwenye miaka ya 1800.