Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua

About this film

LibriVox recording of Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua by Samuel Downing Moore. Read in English by Leni 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 For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (66MB)

Directors & creators

Samuel Downing Moore

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;slavery; abolitionism; slave trade

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