| Wherever she was from Abomah is believed to have been born in 1862 but was promoted as ten years younger. There is strong evidence to suggest her surname was Grigsby. |
| ABOHMA the Abyssinian Giantess |
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| LIKE SO MANY OTHER PERFORMERS of the time Abomah's manager mixed a little fact with fiction in promoting his ward. Her stage name came from Abomey, the capital of the Kingdom of Dahomey (nka Benin). Abomah was initially promoted as being one of the legendary Dahomey Amazons, which was a real, all female fighting force that existed right up to the time the giantess began touring. |
| "One of King Dahomey's Amazons who has been brought over to England for show purposes is a giantess indeed. Her height is eight feet, and she is both broad and muscular." ---- American press, June 1900 |
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| Another negro represented as coming from that African kingdom was J. G. Gilbert, billed as the Dahomey Giant. Later he reinvented his act and became Col. Gilbert, the Abyssinian Prince. He passed away in 1895. |