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Omar ibn Said, Enslaved scholar in America

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ScholarEnslaved scholar in America

Omar ibn Saidعمر بن سعيد

Approximate dateFayetteville, North Carolina

A West African scholar enslaved in North Carolina who wrote his life story in Arabic.

Educated for some twenty-five years in Futa Toro, he was captured in 1807 and shipped to Charleston. In 1831 he wrote a short autobiography in Arabic, opening it with Surah al-Mulk, which he knew by heart. He remained enslaved until his death.

What does the Quran say?

Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion, and He is over all things competent -

Quran 67:1

67:1-30

What grew out of it?

His memoir is the only known autobiography in Arabic by an enslaved person in America.

Where do they appear in the story?

Who else is linked?

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Who lived at the same time?

Fath-Ali Shah QajarMahmud IIMustafa IVMuhammad Ali PashaMuhammad BelloNapoleon BonaparteSelim IIIEmir Abd al-Qadir

Source: history · Wikipedia

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