A Muslim American Slave: The Life of Omar Ibn Said (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)
The autobiography of Omar Ibn Said, a West African Muslim scholar enslaved in nineteenth-century America, offering a rare firsthand account of faith and identity under slavery.
About This Book
This volume presents the life and writings of Omar Ibn Said, a Muslim scholar from West Africa who was enslaved and brought to the United States in the early nineteenth century.
The book reproduces his autobiography, originally written in Arabic, along with contextual essays that examine his experiences within the broader history of slavery and African American literature.
Readers gain insight into the intersections of religion, literacy, and identity through the rare perspective of an enslaved Muslim intellectual.
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