Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua by Samuel Downing Moore: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 9 original MP3 tracks, 2:24:58 running time and a link to listen.
Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua, credited to Samuel Downing Moore, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
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
Recording facts
- Recording title: Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua
- Author credits: Samuel Downing Moore
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 9
- Listed recording duration: 2:24:58
Catalogue topics
- slavery
- abolitionism
- slave trade
Track guide
- 00 - Preface and Compiler's Notes — 7:03
- 01 - Chapter 1 — 5:19
- 02 - Chapter 2 — 4:53
- 03 - Chapter 3 — 6:35
- 04 - Chapter 4 — 6:02
- 05 - Chapter 5 — 4:30
- 06 - Chapter 6 — 13:47
- 07 - Chapter 7 part 1 — 41:21
- 08 - Chapter 7 part 2 — 55:28
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