Emmanuel Cole (1908 - 1972) was a Sierra Leonean soldier who demanded fair treatment and reasonable pay from the British colonial power. Emmanuel Cole's efforts forced the British to provide improved conditions of service to Sierra Leonean soldiers of the Royal West African Frontier Force and for other RWAFF soldiers throughout British West Africa.
Read more about Emmanuel Cole: Early Life, Protest
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“Nelse McLeod: Faith can move mountains Milt, but it can’t beat a faster draw. There’s only three men I know with his kind of speed—one’s dead, the other’s me, and the third is Cole Thornton.
Cole Thornton: There’s a fourth.
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