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The Disturbing Story Of James Jameson, The Whiskey Heir Who Paid To Watch Cannibals Eat A 10-Year-Old Girl
While on an expedition along the Congo River in 1888, James Jameson traded six cloth handkerchiefs for an enslaved girl, handed her over to cannibals, and then sketched the gruesome scene that unfolded in front of him.
James Sligo Jameson, the whiskey heir and Scottish naturalist who handed a young girl over to African cannibals in 1888.
James Jameson was a prolific traveler, an accomplished naturalist, and the grandson of one of the founders of Jameson Irish Whiskey. He was also fascinated by cannibalism.
During an expedition to Africa in the 1880s, Jameson purchased a 10-year-old girl from a slave trader and handed her over to cannibals just so he could watch them eat her. He even sketched the gruesome scene and proudly shared the drawings with anyone who asked.
Jameson later tried to claim that he didn’t think the Africans were actually going to eat the little girl, but other men on the expedition called his bluff. The naturalist didn’t live long enough to defend himself, though.
James Sligo Jameson died after spiking a high fever just a few months later, on August 17, 1888, at age 32. Today, despite his work in ornithology and famous family connections, he’s best remembered for the needless act of violence he incited along the Congo River.
James Jameson’s Journey To Africa Born in Alloa, Scotland, on August 17, 1856, James Sligo Jameson was a grandson of whiskey distiller John Jameson. He was also the uncle of Guglielmo Marconi, the man credited with inventing the radio.
After completing his education, Jameson began traveling, visiting Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka), Singapore, and Borneo in 1877. While in Southeast Asia, he became the first person to scientifically describe the black honey buzzard.
James Sligo Jameson Portrait Public Domain A portrait of James Sligo Jameson taken shortly before he set off on his expedition to Africa in 1887.
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