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James Pinson Labulo Davies
James Pinson Labulo Davies (August 14, 1828 - April 29, 1906), popularly known as "Captain Davies" or "J.P.L Davies", was a 19th-century African merchant-sailor, naval officer, influential businessman, farmer, pioneer industrialist, statesman, and philanthropist who was married to Lady Sarah Forbes Bonetta in colonial Lagos.
==Early Life, Education, and Naval Career==
J.P.L Davies was born to James and Charlotte Davies in the village of Bathurst, Sierra Leone. James and Charlotte were repatriated Yoruba people rescued by the British West Africa Squadron from the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, and whose origins were in Abeokuta and Ogbomoso respectively.〔 J.P.L. Davies entered Church Missionary Society (CMS) Grammar School (now known as Sierra Leone Grammar School) in Freetown in 1848 where he studied Mathematics, Greek, Biblical and English History, Geography, Music, and Latin. After completing his secondary education, he became a teacher with the CMS in Freetown. After his stint as a teacher J.P.L Davies enlisted as a cadet with the British Navy's West Africa Squadron, specifically the HMS Volcano under Commander Robert Coote where he was trained in navigation and seamanship. Davies progressed from cadet to midshipman and eventually lieutenant.
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