Job ibn Solomon Jallo was a trader and religious leader (Imam) who came from Bundu, Senegal. He was captured in the Gambia in 1730 and brought to Annapolis, Maryland.
Job was the son of an imam (leader of the prayer) in Bundu. Reports describe him as a well-mannered, courtly, intelligent, monotheistic, and literate human being who came out of Africa. Job was a hafiz, who wrote out by hand three copies of the Qur’an from memory