Zolu Duma appeared as a character in Kwame Kwei-Armah's "King Peter" and Dipika Guha's "Elizabeth," two short plays that premiered at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey, in November 2017 as part of the Princeton & Slavery Project Symposium. He was succeeded as ruler by his son, Jalla Fingue, who was also known as Prince Peter. Stockton then forced Zolu Duma to cede the land at gunpoint:ĭrawing another pistol and levelling at the head of King Peter, and directing him to sit silent until he heard what was to be said, proceeded to say, in the most solemn manner…he had determined that King Peter himself should be the first victim, and that unless he agreed to execute the treaty on the following day his fate was fixed. Accounts of the meeting stated that Zolu Duma initially agreed to the sale, but tried to back out once he learned that the settlement would endanger the slave trade. Stockton, who wished to purchase land on which to settle African American emigrants from the United States. In 1822 Zolu Duma met with representatives of the American Colonization Society, including United States naval officer Robert F. Zolu Duma was raised by the Wuling, of the Bassa people who had gained importance as a merchant trading with the Europeans, including slave trade. Today, King Peter's Town where his Palace was stationed is in the area of Logan Town on Bushrod Island. Bushrod Island is in Montserrado County (formerly Cape Mesurado), Liberia. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.Zolu Duma, also known as King Peter, was a Bassa-Dei ruler of the land situated on Bushrod Island. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr.
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