Born to a wealthy family in West Africa around 1770, Omar Ibn Said was abducted and sold into slavery in the United States, where he came to the attention of a prominent North Carolina family after filling “the walls of his room with piteous petitions to be released, all written in the Arabic language,” as one local newspaper reported. Ibn Said soon became a local celebrity, and in 1831 he was ask...
Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography
Paperback: 216 pages
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press; 1 edition (July 20, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0299249549
ISBN-13: 978-0299249540
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 391965
Format: PDF ePub djvu ebook
reviews: This book is very important as it chronicles the life in America of an educated african who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. This person was able to read and write Arabic, and knew much the the Qur'an from memory. It is a strange story because i...
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