| Description |
xii, 222 pages : illustrations, facsimile, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Wisconsin studies in autobiography
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Wisconsin studies in autobiography.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Table of contents -- Introduction : "Arabic work," Islam, and American literature -- The life of Omar Ibn Said, written by himself -- Autobiography of Omar Ibn Said, slave in North Carolina, 1831 -- Muslims in early America -- Contemporary contexts for Omar's Life and life -- The United States and Barbary Coast slavery -- "God does not allow kings to enslave their people" : Islamic reformists and the transatlantic slave trade -- Representing the West in the Arabic language: the slave narrative of Omar Ibn Said -- Appendix 1: Omar's earliest known manuscript (1819) -- 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). |
| Language |
English translations on pages facing facsim. pages of Arabic text. |
| Subject |
Said, Omar ibn, 1770?-1863.
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Slave narratives -- North Carolina.
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Enslaved persons' writings, American.
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Enslaved persons -- North Carolina -- Biography.
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African American Muslims -- North Carolina -- History -- Sources.
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Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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| Added Author |
Alryyes, Ala A., 1963-
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| ISBN |
0299249549 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
40019677821 |
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