Jacobus Capitein
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– 1747
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Who was Jacobus Capitein?
Jacobus Elisa Johannes Capitein was a Dutch Christian minister of Ghanaian birth who was one of the first known sub-Saharan Africans to study at a European university and one of the first Africans to be ordained as a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church. He is credited with spreading the use of the written word in his native Ghana.
Though a former slave, Capitein wrote a dissertation defending the right of Christians to keep slaves.
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