The Biography of Baquaqua
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This is the only biography of an American slave who was born in Africa. Baquaqua was enslaved in northern Benin in the early 1840s when he was about 20. At the time he was a devout Muslim and worked as a bodyguard for the ruler of a small town. He was abducted and taken south to Togo and sold to a slave merchant who shipped him to Rio de Janeiro, then the world's largest slave market. Here he was sold again and brought to New York where he was convinced...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1558762477
ISBN13:9781558762473
Release Date:June 2002
Publisher:Markus Wiener Publishers
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.24 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.4"
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