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Omar ibn Said (1770-1863) was a Muslim scholar from West Africa who spent more than fifty years enslaved in the North Carolina household of James Owen, brother of Governor John Owen. Mbaye Lo and Carl Ernst here weave fresh and accurate translations of Omar's eighteen surviving writings.

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Drawing on scrupulous close readings of Said's work, Lo and Ernst make a worthy contribution to the scholarship on slavery in America and testify to the importance of evidence left behind by enslaved people themselves. This edifies."—Publishers Weekly

I Cannot Write My Life

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      Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
      Publication Date: 31/08/2023
      ISBN13: 9781469674674, 978-1469674674
      ISBN10: 146967467X
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      Ethnic studies / Ethnicity Islam

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Omar ibn Said (1770-1863) was a Muslim scholar from West Africa who spent more than fifty years enslaved in the North Carolina household of James Owen, brother of Governor John Owen. Mbaye Lo and Carl Ernst here weave fresh and accurate translations of Omar's eighteen surviving writings.

      Trade Review
      Drawing on scrupulous close readings of Said's work, Lo and Ernst make a worthy contribution to the scholarship on slavery in America and testify to the importance of evidence left behind by enslaved people themselves. This edifies."—Publishers Weekly

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