Including the manners and customs of the inhabitants, their religious notions, form of government, laws, appearance of the country, buildings, agriculture, manufactures, shepherds and herdsmen, domestic animals, marriage. Table of contents maps and illustrations ix acknowledgments xiii introduction 1 an interesting narrative. Foss e edward mathews, facts for baptist churches utica, ny, 1850. Request pdf on jan 1, 2002, patrick manning and others published the biography of mahommah gardo baquaqua. He wrote a biography, published by american abolitionist samuel moore in 1854. His report is the only known document about the slave trade written by a former brazilian slave. His passage from slavery to freedom in africa and america. He was enslaved and exported through the most important slave port in west africa, the port of udai whydah, in the kingdom of dahomey. Including the manners and customs of the inhabitants, their religious notions, form of government, laws. Autobiografia do escravo africano mahommah gardo baquaqua. V ide robin law e paul lovejoy, the biography of muhammad gardo baquaqua. Pdf the presentation deals with the ways mahommah baquaqua and his interesting narrative.
Mahommah gardo baquaqua was a former slave, native of zooggoo, west africa, a tributary kingdom of bergoo kingdom. Baquaqua, a native of zoogoo, in the interior of africa. Mahommah gardo baquaqua, like many other africans enslaved in the americas, had a hometown, a family, and in some of his youth suffered from the violence of the war. A convert to christianity, with a description of that part of the world. Mahommah gardo baquaquas interesting narrative and its challenges to latinidad and to the slave narrative in the 21st. His passagem from slavery to freedom in africa and america e editado e comentado pelos. He wrote a biography, published by american abolitionist samuel moore in. Baixe no formato pdf, txt ou leia online no scribd. According to his own biographical account he was a favorite of a local king. Around 1844 he was kidnapped, enslaved and taken to recife, brazil. Mahommah gardo baquaqua was born in 1820s djougou in the modernday west african country of benin. He was enslaved and exported through the most important slave port in west africa, the port of udai whydah, in.