Prince among Slaves

Name: Prince among Slaves
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ISBN: 9780195320459

ISBN-10: 019532045X

ISBN-13: 9780195320459

Edition: 30th 2007

Authors: Terry Alford

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In this remarkable work, Terry Alford tells the story of Abd al Rahman Ibrahima, a Muslim slave who, in 1807, was recognized by an Irish ship's surgeon as the son of an African king who had saved his life many years earlier. "The Prince," as he had become known to local Natchez, Mississippi residents, had been captured in war when he was 26 years old, sold to slave traders, and shipped to America. Slave though he was, Ibrahima was an educated, aristocratic man, and he was made overseer of the large cotton and tobacco plantation of his master, who refused to sell him to the doctor for any price. After years of petitioning by Dr. Cox and others, Ibrahima finally gained freedom in 1828 through…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Edition: 30th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/19/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 7.91" wide x 5.31" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Why



The White Turban



Across the Broad Casamance



"A Common Slave"



Annus Mirabilis and After



"Unbroken in Body and Mind"



A Northern Campaign



"The Almoner of His Bounty"



A Single Plank


Epilogue


Afterword


Appendix


Genealogies


Map of West Africa in the 1780s


Notes


Index