Biography Of Mahommah G. Baquaqua

Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua

by Samuel Downing Moore

The autobiography of Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua, a former slave from West Africa. Baquaqua was sold into slavery in 1845 and worked in Brazil as a captive for two years. In 1847, he escaped from the slave ship in New York and eventually made his way to Canada. Baquaqua's autobiography is a unique and valuable account of the slave trade and the experiences of enslaved Africans in the Americas.

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