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A Muslim American slave : the life of Omar Ibn Said / translated from the Arabic, edited, and with an introduction by Ala Alryyes.
| Author/creator | Said, Omar ibn |
| Other author | Alryyes, Ala A., [MARC+97][MARC+86]d́ 1963- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2011. |
| Description | xii, 222 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Wisconsin studies in autobiography Wisconsin studies in autobiography. ^A415583 |
| Contents | Introduction : "Arabic work," Islam, and American literature / Ala Alryyes -- The life of Omar Ibn Said, written by himself / translated by Ala Alryyes -- Autobiography of Omar Ibn Said, slave in North Carolina, 1831 / translated by Isaac Bird ; with an introduction and notes by J. Franklin Jameson -- Muslims in early America / Michael A. Gomez -- Contemporary contexts for Omar's Life and life / Allan D. Austin -- The United States and Barbary Coast slavery / Robert J. Allison -- "God does not allow kings to enslave their people" : Islamic reformists and the transatlantic slave trade / Sylviane A. Diouf -- Representing the West in the Arabic language: the slave narrative of Omar Ibn Said / Ghada Osman, Camille F. Forbes -- Appendix 1: Omar's earliest known manuscript (1819) / Translated by John Hunwick -- 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). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Language | English translations on pages facing facsim. pages of Arabic text. |
| LCCN | 2010044625 |
| ISBN | 9780299249540 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0299249549 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780299249533 (e-book) |
| ISBN | 0299249530 (e-book) |
| Standard identifier# | 40019677821 |
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| Joyner | Item has been checked out | E444 .S25 2011 | Due 04/29/2026 | Want This? |