Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua

“The breadth of his experiences as an African in enslavement and freedom, in Africa, Brazil, the United States, Haiti, Canada, England and then again in Africa where he probably ended his days, are examined in exquisite detail in Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua. . . . Outstanding and impressive work by Paul Lovejoy and Nielson Bezarra.”—Muslim World Review

“Lovejoy and Bezerra have done an excellent job uncovering Baquaqua’s life . . . deep[ening the] knowledge of the nineteenth-century Atlantic world and slave trade.”—North Carolina Historical Review

“A beautiful, clearly written, and much-needed monograph on the harrowing life of Baquaqua . . . Paul Lovejoy is the greatest specialist on the subject and the best author for this book.”—Ana Lucia Araujo, author of The Gift: How Objects of Prestige Shaped the Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism

“A true feat of research, this book goes beyond biography; rather, it uses Baquaqua’s story as a vehicle to explore the nineteenth-century Black Atlantic. Lovejoy and Bezerra dispel prevailing misconceptions about Baquaqua’s life and unearth a wealth of new detail.”—Sean M. Kelley, author of The Voyage of the Slave Ship Hare: A Journey into Captivity from Sierra Leone to South Carolina