Arthur Thomas Porter

Arthur Thomas Porter

Professor Arthur Thomas Daniel Porter III (born 1924) is a retired Creole professor, historian, and author of West Indian, Jamaican Maroon and Nova Scotian settler (African American) descent.

Dr. Porter's book on the Sierra Leone Creole people, Creoledom: A study of the development of Freetown society examines their society in a way in which few books of their time period had, and is one of the most quoted books on the Creoles. He has also been published in East Africa and the UK.

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