Alfred Aloysius "Trader" Horn born Alfred Aloysius Smith; was an ivory trader in central Africa. He wrote a book, Trader Horn: A Young Man's Astounding Adventures in 19th-Century Equatorial Africa, detailing his journeys into jungles teeming with buffalo, gorillas, man-eating leopards, serpents and "savages". The book also documents his efforts to free slaves, meet the founder of Rhodesia, Cecil Rhodes, and liberate a princess from captivity.
A silent film exists of Horn, as well as recent writings about him online and a biography by Tim Couzens.
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