Anton Wilhelm Amo AKA Antonius Guilielmus Amo Afer ab Aximo Born: 1703 Birthplace: Awukena, Axim, African Gold Coast Died: 1784 Location of death: Shama, Axim, African Gold Coast Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, Fortress San Sebastian, Shama, Ghana
Gender: Male Religion: Christian Race or Ethnicity: Black Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Philosopher, Scholar Nationality: Germany Executive summary: First European-educated African philosopher Mother: (slave) Brother: (slave)
Law School: JD, University of Halle (1729) University: M.Phil., University of Wittenberg (1730) University: D.Phil., University of Wittenberg (1734) Professor: University of Halle (1735-39) Professor: University of Jena (1740-46)
Sold into Slavery 1707 Converted to Christianity 1707 (Saxony) Manumission Nzema Ancestry
Author of books:
De Jure Maurorum in Europa (1729) De Humanae Mentis Apatheia (1734) Tractatus de Arte Sobrie et Accurate Philosophandi (1738)
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