Thomas Neale-Caulker

Thomas Neale-Caulker

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He was the son of [[Thomas Stephen Caulker]], and a member of the [[Caulker (surname)|Caulker family]], descendants of [[Thomas Corker]].{{cite book|last=Caulker-Burnett|first=Imodale|title=The Caulkers of Sierra Leone|year=2010|publisher=Xlibris|isbn=978-1-4568-0240-0}}{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}}
He was the son of [[Thomas Stephen Caulker]], and a member of the [[Caulker (surname)|Caulker family]], descendants of [[Thomas Corker]].{{cite book|last=Caulker-Burnett|first=Imodale|title=The Caulkers of Sierra Leone|year=2010|publisher=Xlibris|isbn=978-1-4568-0240-0}}{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}}


He was an opponent of the [[Poro]], a powerful [[secret society]] prevalent amongst the [[Mende people]]. A practicing Christian he said: "I believe the society will, in God's time, die out of our midst. It will not be by violence, but by the power of the gospel."{{cite wikisource
He was an opponent of the [[Poro]], a [[secret society]] prevalent amongst the [[Mende people]]. A practicing Christian he said: "I believe the society will, in God's time, die out of our midst. It will not be by violence, but by the power of the gospel."{{cite wikisource
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