Sambo, also called Tannihil, was an African American man residing in Chowan Precinct, North Carolina. He was enslaved by Nicholas Crisp. In 1720 Paul Palmer, a plantation owner in Perquimans Precinct, persuaded Sambo to leave Crisp's property and come to Palmer's instead. The exact reasoning for why Palmer wanted Sambo to leave Crisp's property in the first place was not recorded. To help Sambo leave, Palmer sent Cush, an enslaved man, in the middle of the night to Crisp's plantation to retrieve Sambo. Sambo then resided at the Palmer property, where he performed labor for them. However, Crisp soon filed a suit against Palmer, stating that Sambo had been taken illegally. Sambo remained with the Palmers, but had to hide from authorities that wanted to return him to Crisp. After Paul Palmer treated him harshly and threatened him, Sambo left the Palmers and was apprehended by authorities at Durant's Neck. It's unclear if Sambo ever received punishment for leaving Crisp's plantation, or what became of him after his return to Crisp.