Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua
Author(s): Samuel Downing Moore
Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography
Narrators: Leni
Number of Chapters: 9
Length: 02 hours and 24 minutes
Language: English
Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua was a former slave, native of West Africa. He was sold as a slave in 1845 and worked in Brazil as a captive; however, when the ship where he was enslaved crew was at the harbor in New York in 1847, he fled. He studied at the New York Central College in McGrawville for almost three years. In 1854, he moved to Canada; he narrated his autobiography to the abolitionist Samuel Downing Moore in Detroit, who published it. His narrative is the only known document about the slave trade written by a former Brazilian slave. - Summary by Leni
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The audiobook Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua falls under the genres of Biography & Autobiography. It is written by Samuel Downing Moore.