3480888 Attempted suicide in captivity, 1850; (add.info.: Attempted suicide in captivity by Samori Toure, c. 1830 - 1900; a Guinean Muslim cleric, and the founder and leader of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic empire that was in present-day South-eastern Guinea. Toure resisted French colonial rule in West Africa from 1882 until his capture in 1898.); Universal History Archive/UIG; out of copyright.