Untitled Image (Omar Ibn Said)
Omar ibn Said (1770–1864) was an Islamic scholar and writer, who was born and educated in the Fuutu Toro area in the Senegambia region. He was transported to the United States in 1807 where he was enslaved for the remainder of his life in North and South Carolina. He wrote history, theology and an autobiography. For various translations of Said's account and many details on his life in the context of Islam in America, see Ala Alryyes, ed, A Muslim American Slave: The Life of Omar Ibn Said (University of Wisconsin Press, 2011; cf. Jerome S. Handler, Survivors of the Middle Passage: Life Histories of Enslaved Africans in British America, Slavery & Abolition, vol. 23 (2002), pp. 25-56.
Image Title
Untitled Image (Omar Ibn Said)
RegID
SI-OB-1095
Date
Mid-1800s
Title
Untitled Image (Omar Ibn Said)
Source
This daguerreotype held by Davidson College
Language
English
Item sets
Portraits & Illustrations of Individuals
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Western Savanna
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
I017