| Level | Item |
| Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure) | CMS/B/OMS/C A1 E3/39 |
| Title | Letter from Renner to Secretary: 24 December 1812: Bashia |
| Extent | 1 doc. |
| Date | 1812 |
| Description | The Foulah invasion on 14 Oct sent Wenzel's children fleeing to them and scattered the native women. Klein reported the burning of 4 towns and was advised by Fantimani to move to Bashia, which he and Mrs. Klein did. The Susus and other headmen came to Renner for powder and the 3 settlements gave them £7 worth. At a palaver held after the Foulahs had withdrawn it was established that Munge Fantimani, a creature of John Ormond, had brought in the Foulahs to support Ormond's claim to the Bashia district where his father had formerly lived.
At a Susu palaver at Canoffee Munge Bake accused the missionaries of causing the Foulah invasion and of bringing in the government man-of-war to spoil the slave trade. He wished the missionaries would dismiss the "mulatto" [historic term] children (the "enemies" of the Susus) and effectively arm the Susus, and also do more trade with the Susus. After denying the first 2 accusations Renner promised to buy a dozen muskets and hold them for use against attacks on the Susus.
There is rumour of another Foulah invasion, causing perturbation to Wenzel and Klein, but Renner sees no necessity for them to move yet. It seems that the Foulahs fear the Susus and have come no nearer. |
| Notes | This entry’s description has been retrospectively altered, expanded upon, or elements removed, where historic offensive or derogatory language has been identified as part of the Cadbury Research Library’s equitable cataloguing project, 2024-2026. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Physical Description | E3: The numbers are original numbers up to E3/29. Thereafter there were no original numbers and they have been given archivist's numbers. Many of the documents up to E3/38 bear one or two crossed-out original numbers. A few of the numbers up to E3/29 are missing and so marked.
N.B Numbers 30-122 bear no standing original numbers although some have numbers which have been crossed out. |