Bonga

"This historical work is a must read for those interested in Minnesota and the nation's history!" - Leo Soukup, co-author of Ojibwe Imprints on Northern Minnesota Bonga: A Safe Abode in the Wilderness is the incredible story of how an African slave and family made their escape from the West Indies to the Northwoods of the Great Lakes where three generations married into the Ojibwe tribes and distinguished themselves in the fur trade, were seen with great respect by the Anishinaabeg and white-men