Omar Ibn Said

Omar Ibn Said was a Fula Islamic scholar from Futa Toro in West Africa who was enslaved and transported to the United States in 1807. There, while enslaved for the remainder of his life, he wrote a series of Arabic-language works on history and theology, including a short autobiography.

Omar Ibn Said was a Fula Islamic scholar from Futa Toro in West Africa who was enslaved and transported to the United States in 1807. There, while enslaved for the remainder of his life, he wrote a series of Arabic-language works on history and theology, including a short autobiography. See less