Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua: An Enslaved Muslim of the Black Atlantic

by Paul E. Lovejoy and Nielson Bezerra

A literate Muslim born between 1820 and 1830 in present-day Benin, Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua was enslaved in the interior of West Africa and forcibly moved to Brazil in 1845. He escaped from slavery when his master took him to New York City in 1847. Baquaqua then fled to Haiti where he converted to Christianity. When he eventually returned to the United States, he enrolled in New York Central College. Baquaqua published his autobiography in 1854 and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469682443
• ISBN13: 9781469682440
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 312 Pages