A Muslim American slave : the life of Omar Ibn Said /

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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 l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Said, Omar ibn, 1770?-1863
Otros Autores: Alryyes, Ala A., 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Arabic
Publicado: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2011.
Colección:Wisconsin studies in autobiography.
Temas:
Said, Omar ibn, > 1770?-1863.
Said, Omar ibn, > 1770?-1863
Said, Omar ibn.
Said, Omar ibn MARC+97MARC+86d́ 1770?-1863 or 4.
Slave narratives > North Carolina.
Enslaved persons' writings, American.
Enslaved persons > North Carolina > Biography.
African American Muslims > North Carolina > Biography.
Slavery > United States > History > Sources.
Récits d'esclaves > Caroline du Nord.
Écrits d'esclaves américains.
Musulmans noirs américains > Caroline du Nord > Biographies.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Histoire > Sources.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
African American Muslims.
Slave narratives.
Slavery.
Enslaved persons.
North Carolina.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Sources.
Autobiographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : "Arabic work," Islam, and American literature / Ala Alryyes
  • The life of Omar Ibn Said, written by himself / translated by Ala Alryyes
  • Autobiography of Omar Ibn Said, slave in North Carolina, 1831 / translated by Isaac Bird ; with an introduction and notes by J. Franklin Jameson
  • Muslims in early America / Michael A. Gomez
  • Contemporary contexts for Omar's Life and life / Allan D. Austin
  • The United States and Barbary Coast slavery / Robert J. Allison
  • "God does not allow kings to enslave their people" : Islamic reformists and the transatlantic slave trade / Sylviane A. Diouf
  • Representing the West in the Arabic language: the slave narrative of Omar Ibn Said / Ghada Osman, Camille F. Forbes
  • Appendix 1: Omar's earliest known manuscript (1819) / Translated by John Hunwick
  • Appendix 2 : Letter from Reverend Isaac Bird, of Hartford, Connecticut, to Theodore Dwight, of Brooklyn, New York (April 1, 1862)
  • Appendix 3 : "Uncle Moreau," from North Carolina University Magazine (September 1854)
  • Appendix 4 : Ralph Gurley's "Secretary's Report," from African Repository and Colonial Journal (July 1837).

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