The Gallinas people is a name applied to an ethnic group in eastern Sierra Leone, which formerly existed as an independent kingdom.
Ethnically and linguistically, Gallinas are the northern part of the larger Vai people which overlap Sierra Leone and Liberia.
[3] In 1882, the king and chiefs of Gallinas ceded a piece of coastal territory[clarification needed] to the British government.
[4] King Siaka was king of the Gallinas in 1840, when Joseph Denman contacted him as regards the plight of Fry Norman, a Black British woman who he understood had been seized by Siacca's son Prince Manna.
Another prominent ruler was King Momulu Massaquoi, whose descendants constitute the contemporary royal family.