The Life and Times of Anton Wilhelm Amo

W. E. V. Abraham

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African history and culture studies Biographical and Historical Analysis Colonialism, slavery, and trade

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known for certain his African birth, his distinguished scholarly career in Europe, his eventual return to Ghana. He was born sometime around 1703, taken to Holland four years later, served at the court of Duke Anton Ulric in Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, attended the universities of Halle, Wittenberg and probably Helmstedt, taught at Halle, Wittenberg and Jena, returned to Ghana sometime before 1753 and died on the coast probably during the i76o's. In this paper I have tried to examine these bare facts as closely as possible, to fill them out with a careful study of the known records of, and references to, this remarkable man, and thus to present the most comprehensive picture of his career yet done. I

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