Omar ibn Sayid: An Arabic Scholar/Slave in Nineteenth-Century Carolina

Record #:

1092

Author(s):

Gantt, Patricia

Abstract:

Omar ibn Sayid was a 19th-century Arabic scholar/slave in North Carolina whose writings chronicle the thoughts and conditions of slaves in America.

Source:

North Carolina Literary Review (NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 1 Issue 2, Spring 1993, p180-182, por

Subject(s):

Authors; Sayid (Said) (Sayyid), Omar ibn, c. 1770-1864; Slaves' writings