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Yarrow Mamout c. An educated Fulani Muslim, he gained his freedom in after 44 years held in bondage. A member of the Fulani people, he spoke the Fula language and could read and write Arabic and rudimentary English. By , Yarrow had moved with Beall to Georgetown and begun hiring himself out for wages. According to contemporary sources, Beall required him to turn over wages he earned during the day but allowed him to keep wages he received for nocturnal work.

He became a jack of all trades, working as a brickmaker, charcoal burner, basket weaver, cart driver, and stevedore, working long hours to earn enough money to buy his freedom. After 44 years in slavery, Yarrow was freed at the age of 60 when Brooke Beall died in , manumitted by his enslavers who believed he was too old to work anymore.

He remained a devout, lifelong Muslim, praying regularly and avoiding the consumption of pork and liquor. Yarrow died on January 19, , at the approximate age of According to his obituary, penned by Charles Willson Peale, he was buried in the corner of his yard where he was accustomed to pray; however, a archaeological dig failed to unearth any remains.

Two years after his father's death, Aquilla purchased a farm in Washington County, Maryland, and moved there with his wife, Mary "Polly" Turner, a midwife and former slave. Painted in , Peale's portrait showed Yarrow at the age of 83, though rumor put his age at Simpson painted Yarrow's portrait in [4] [5] [7] They are held in the permanent collections of the District of Columbia Public Library Simpson and the Philadelphia Museum of Art Peale.

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Simpson's was exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in In this portrait, Mamout wears a hat resembling a kufi. Philadelphia Museum of Art. February 13,. Washington Post. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography.