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Excerpts from Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua
Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua left this description of his and his companions' ordeal aboard the ship
that took them from Benin to Brazil:
We were thrust into the hold of the vessel in a state of nudity, the males being crammed
on one side and the females on the other; the hold was so low that we could not stand
up, but were obliged to crouch upon the floor or sit down; day and night were the same
to us, sleep being denied us from the confined position of our bodies, and we became
desperate through suffering and fatigue."
Written and Revised by Samuel Moore
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Transcribed Image Text:Document C Excerpts from Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua left this description of his and his companions' ordeal aboard the ship that took them from Benin to Brazil: We were thrust into the hold of the vessel in a state of nudity, the males being crammed on one side and the females on the other; the hold was so low that we could not stand up, but were obliged to crouch upon the floor or sit down; day and night were the same to us, sleep being denied us from the confined position of our bodies, and we became desperate through suffering and fatigue." Written and Revised by Samuel Moore
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