Department
Chemistry
Major
Chemistry
Research Advisor
Pope, Justin
Advisor's Department
History and Political Science
Funding Source
FYRE
Abstract
This Poster presentation attempts to trace the journey of one nation of Africans into the Americas. In 1729, the Akwamu Empire, in modern day Ghana, West Africa, suffered a terrible collapse. Rival African armies enslaved thousands of Akwamu subjects and sold them to European slavers on the Gold Coast. This nation later led the biggest island wide slave revolt prior to the age of revolution in the Americas. Using primary and secondary resources such as the "Transatlantic Slave Trade Database," we will attempt to identify the European slave ships that purchased enslaved Akwamu people and trace their journey into the ports of the Americas. The goal of the project is to identify the most likely landing places of the Akwamu people in the western hemisphere following their dissemination into the America's from 1729 to 1733.
Biography
Born in St. Louis, Benjamin Brown grew up looking for answers for questions about the smaller mechanics of life. He later became a chemist and went to upper peninsula Michigan to a college named Michigan Technological University before he later decided to come back to Missouri and pursue his education closer to home but still determined to be a Chemist.
Research Category
Arts and Humanities
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Document Type
Poster
Award
Arts and Humanities Poster Session - Third Place
Location
Innovation Forum - 1st Floor Innovation Lab
Presentation Date
10 April 2024, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Search for the Akwamu people in the Americas, 1729-1733
Innovation Forum - 1st Floor Innovation Lab
This Poster presentation attempts to trace the journey of one nation of Africans into the Americas. In 1729, the Akwamu Empire, in modern day Ghana, West Africa, suffered a terrible collapse. Rival African armies enslaved thousands of Akwamu subjects and sold them to European slavers on the Gold Coast. This nation later led the biggest island wide slave revolt prior to the age of revolution in the Americas. Using primary and secondary resources such as the "Transatlantic Slave Trade Database," we will attempt to identify the European slave ships that purchased enslaved Akwamu people and trace their journey into the ports of the Americas. The goal of the project is to identify the most likely landing places of the Akwamu people in the western hemisphere following their dissemination into the America's from 1729 to 1733.
