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245 10 a| I cannot write my lifeh| [electronic resource] :b| Islam, Arabic, and slavery in Omar ibn Said's America /c| Mbaye Lo and Carl W. Ernst.;

246 30 a| Islam, Arabic, and slavery in Omar ibn Said's America;

260 a| Chapel Hill :b| The University of North Carolina Press,c| [2023];

300 a| x, 218 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm.;

490 0 a| Islamic civilization and Muslim networks;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-206) and index.;

505 0 a| A land lost -- A life unread -- Sermons unheard -- A Muslim in church -- The treachery of the experts.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "This work centers on the life and writing of Omar Ibn Said, born in 1770 in a border region between Senegal and Mauritania that played a significant role in Islamic nations. Omar studied for 25 years at an Islamic seminary and was poised to become a leader in the faith, but after being captured by an invading army, he fell into the hands of transatlantic slave traders. He was sold to a plantation owner near Charleston, South Carolina, in 1808. What we know of Omar's life comes largely from a series of brief autobiographical writings and transcriptions, comprising the only known narrative written in Arabic by an enslaved person in North America. In this book, Mbaye Lo and Carl Ernst weave fresh and accurate translations of Omar's writing together with context and interpretation to provide the fullest possible account of this West African Islamic scholar's life and significance"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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I cannot write my life Islam, Arabic, and slavery in Omar ibn Said's America / Mbaye Lo and Carl W. Ernst.

Author/creator	Lo, Mbaye
Other author	Ernst, Carl W., 1950-
Other author	Said, Omar ibn, 1770?-1863.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
Description	x, 218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from JSTOR University of North Carolina Press Publisher Collection (Backlist)
Subjects	Said, Omar ibn, 1770?-1863. Muslim scholars--Africa, West. --Biography. Enslaved Muslims--North Carolina. --Biography.

Portion of title	Islam, Arabic, and slavery in Omar ibn Said's America
Series	Islamic civilization and Muslim networks Islamic civilization & Muslim networks. ^A593463
Contents	A land lost -- A life unread -- Sermons unheard -- A Muslim in church -- The treachery of the experts.
Abstract	"This work centers on the life and writing of Omar Ibn Said, born in 1770 in a border region between Senegal and Mauritania that played a significant role in Islamic nations. Omar studied for 25 years at an Islamic seminary and was poised to become a leader in the faith, but after being captured by an invading army, he fell into the hands of transatlantic slave traders. He was sold to a plantation owner near Charleston, South Carolina, in 1808. What we know of Omar's life comes largely from a series of brief autobiographical writings and transcriptions, comprising the only known narrative written in Arabic by an enslaved person in North America. In this book, Mbaye Lo and Carl Ernst weave fresh and accurate translations of Omar's writing together with context and interpretation to provide the fullest possible account of this West African Islamic scholar's life and significance"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-206) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2023004206
ISBN	9781469674667 (cloth)
ISBN	9781469674674 (paperback)
ISBN	(ebook)

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