How a Ghanaian slave became a respected philosopher in Germany
One of the many slaves to have left the shores of Ghana did so in the year 1730.
At age four, the story of his life began, not on a good note, but little did he know it will lead to something great.
Anton Wilhelm Amo was his name, born in 1703 and hailed from Axim in the Western region of present-day Ghana.
According to records, Wilhelm Amo was taken to Amsterdam by a preacher working in Ghana to serve the Dutch West Indies Company.
Slavery which is now frowned upon and abolished all over the world was rather a norm at the time as Wilhelm Amo was later given out as a gift’ to Dukes August Wilhelm and Ludwig Rudolf von Wolfenbüttel in Germany as a child-slave.
How a Ghanaian slave became a respected philosopher in Germany
One of the many slaves to have left the shores of Ghana did so in the year 1730.
At age four, the story of his life began, not on a good note, but little did he know it will lead to something great.
Anton Wilhelm Amo was his name, born in 1703 and hailed from Axim in the Western region of present-day Ghana.
According to records, Wilhelm Amo was taken to Amsterdam by a preacher working in Ghana to serve the Dutch West Indies Company.
Slavery which is now frowned upon and abolished all over the world was rather a norm at the time as Wilhelm Amo was later given out as a gift’ to Dukes August Wilhelm and Ludwig Rudolf von Wolfenbüttel in Germany as a child-slave.