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  • On arriving near the place where the camels were, the young man we have described as Golah's brother-in-law was found to be in charge of them.

    The Boy Slaves Mayne Reid 1850

  • The woman was resolute, and Colin had to yield; although he resisted until she threatened to call Golah to her assistance.

    The Boy Slaves Mayne Reid 1850

  • These terms Golah indignantly refused, and declared that he would rather die in defence of his rights.

    The Boy Slaves Mayne Reid 1850

  • The labourers are mainly, if not wholly, 'Golah' women of British Combo, whose mates live upon the proceeds of their labours.

    To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Richard Francis Burton 1855

  • Indeed, in addition to her regular work on the editorial board, she initiated and wrote the “Column for New Immigrants” and the supplement Davar la-Golah (Davar for the Diaspora).

    Bracha Habas. 2009

  • When religious discrimination is worse than it is in the Golah.

    A Little Taste of the Rhetoric | Jewschool 2006

  • On the other hand, they still had five camels and the horse Billy, and there was a reasonable prospect of recapturing Golah, the camel they had left behind.

    The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

  • The windward or Mandingo, a tall, long-horned, beautiful animal, the type of the Herefordshire; and the leeward or Golah, a short-legged, short-horned, heavy-bodied, broad-backed ox, the exact conformation of the splendid English Durham beeves.

    Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party Martin Robinson Delany

  • Pennsylvania, U.S., where no attention is paid scientifically to the breeding of cattle; though the Liberia or Bassa are much the heaviest, and handsomely made like the _Golah_, or _Fulatah_, hereafter to be described, resembling the Durham cattle of England in form.

    Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party Martin Robinson Delany

  • Africa, as the Grebo, Golah, and some other peoples on the western coast, adjacent to Liberia.

    Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party Martin Robinson Delany

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