"This photo courtesy of Bruno Veras shows an image of Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua on the book cover of Baquaqua's auto-biography published in 1854 and titled, ""Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua,"" Taken from Africa and sold into slavery in Brazil, Baquaquas tale of escape to freedom in New York is the only known story of its kind, an in-depth, firsthand account of slavery in the South America country. But few in Brazil are aware of Baquaquas biography which, 160 years after it was written, is being published in Portuguese for the first time as momentum builds for the country to examine its complex racial past. (Courtesy of Bruno Veras via AP Photo)"
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