Baquaqua biography for kids printable

Baquaqua was born around near Djougou in modern day Benin. Baquaqua was captured from Djougou in while acting as a messenger for a local king; he was taken to the coast and shipped to Recife, Brazil. In Baquaqua, previously Muslim converted to Christianity and the Baptist missionaries continued to hope he would return to Africa. It is not known if he received a degree.

Mahommah's early life, his education, his capture and slavery in Western Africa and Brazil, his escape to the United States, from thence to Hayti.

As such it was one of a handful of racially integrated colleges in the United States. It was also the first college to hire African American faculty. Baquaqua moved to Chatham, Canada West in modern day Ontario in He spoke fluent Dendi and Arabic which had been his native languages in Africa. In Baquaqua travelled to Great Britain, still intending to return to Africa one day as a missionary.

However, in all records of Baquaqua ceased and it is not known where or how he lived out his last days. Do you find this information helpful? A small donation would help us keep this available to all. Forego a bottle of soda and donate its cost to us for the information you just learned, and feel good about helping to make it available to everyone.

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