▁in ▁Sierra ▁Le one . ▁O thers ▁were ▁settled ▁in ▁spe cially ▁designed ▁villages , ▁which ▁were ▁named ▁for ▁English ▁count ies ▁or ▁prominent ▁people ▁and ▁run ▁by ▁Europe ans ; ▁many ▁of ▁those ▁belonged ▁to ▁and ▁were ▁operated ▁by ▁the ▁Church ▁Mission ▁Society ▁of ▁Britain . ▁Initial ly ▁subs id ized ▁by ▁the ▁government , ▁the ▁newly ▁free ▁people ▁were ▁expected ▁to ▁become ▁self - su fficient . ▁As ▁they ▁assim il ated ▁into ▁the ▁new ▁community , ▁they ▁frequently ▁took ▁European ▁names . ▁E is ami ▁took ▁an ▁English ▁name , ▁William ▁Hard ing , ▁as ▁did ▁many ▁liber ated ▁slaves ▁after ▁him , ▁such ▁as ▁Samuel ▁A j ay i ▁Crow ther ▁and ▁Joseph ▁Wright . ▁He ▁lived ▁in ▁Bath urst , ▁the ▁village ▁run ▁by ▁the ▁Church ▁Mission ▁Society , ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁nom inal ▁Christian . ▁( A j ay i ▁Crow ther ▁settled ▁here ▁four ▁years ▁later ▁after ▁also ▁being ▁liber ated ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁Navy .) ▁▁ ▁The ▁mission ary ▁and ▁lingu ist ▁Sig ism und ▁Ko elle , ▁who ▁was ▁working ▁on ▁a ▁grammar ▁of ▁the ▁Kan uri ▁language , ▁employed ▁E is mai ▁as ▁an ▁inform ant , ▁that ▁is , ▁a ▁person ▁to ▁help ▁him ▁learn ▁and ▁translate ▁the ▁language , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁to ▁explain ▁culture . ▁In ▁addition , ▁he ▁recorded ▁E is ami ' s ▁mem oir ▁or ▁slave ▁narr ative , ▁tit ling ▁it ▁as ▁" A li ▁E is ami ▁Gaz irm abe ▁of ▁Born u ", ▁and