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Portrait of Mahommah G. Baquaqua

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Image ID

1821117


Item data

Title

Portrait of Mahommah G. Baquaqua

Collection

Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua, a native of Zoogoo, in the interior of Africa (a convert to Christianity), with a description of that part of the world

Names

Baquaqua, Mahommah Gardo (Author)
Darby, John Gould, 1808-1881 (Engraver)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1854
Place: Detroit
Publisher: Geo. E. Pomeroy & Co.

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare B-Baquaqua

Subjects

Africa, West
Slavery
Baquaqua, Mahommah Gardo

Genres

Book Covers

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR20456816-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11757910
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c1197640-c603-012f-d929-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image
Text

Date Issued

1854

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of Mahommah G. Baquaqua" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1854. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c1197640-c603-012f-d929-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1854). Portrait of Mahommah G. Baquaqua Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c1197640-c603-012f-d929-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of Mahommah G. Baquaqua" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c1197640-c603-012f-d929-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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