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The Mandingos, or book-men, are great fetish makers, many of them being well versed in the Arabic tongue, and writing it in a neat character.

From Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa by Corry, Joseph

Mandingos, from the river-systems of the Senegal and Gambia.

From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

This part of Africa, as ascertained by Mr. Park, communicates, by its rivers to the Niger, and introduces us to the interior of this great continent; and, from other sources of information, Foolahs, Mandingos, &c.

From Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa by Corry, Joseph

The Fulis principal settlement is on both sides of the Senegal; great numbers of these people are also mixed with the Mandingos; which last are mostly settled on both sides the Gambia.

From Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of Its Inhabitants An Inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave Trade, Its Nature and Lamentable Effects by Benezet, Anthony

The inhabitants are mostly Fula, though the trade is largely in the hands of Mandingos.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various