Omar ibn Said was captured in Senegal and brought to Charleston, South Carolina, in 1807. After the enslaved man was jailed for running away, he wrote Quranic verses in Arabic across the walls of his cell. His autobiography is now an opera.
A new opera brings to light a remarkable, long-buried American story of an enslaved man who wrote his memoirs in Arabic for future generations to read.. A Muslim, ibn Said was captured in Senegal and brought to Charleston, South Carolina in 1807. He managed to escape a brutal plantation owner and ran to Fayetteville, North Carolina — but was re-captured and jailed for running away.
Historians say one-quarter to one-third of the enslaved people brought to the U.S. from Africa were Muslim. ibn Said was also a scholar, so his story debunks the racist stereotype of the uneducated enslaved person.“What drew me to his story was the incredible obstacles of his life and the hardship he endured,” Abels says, “and yet his ability to remain true to his culture while, at the same time, satisfying the needs of his demanding owners.
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