1807
Omar ibn Said enslaved
The Fula scholar from Futa Toro, in present-day Senegal, is brought to Charleston, South Carolina; in 1831 he writes the only known surviving Arabic autobiography by a person enslaved in the United States.
The Fula scholar from Futa Toro, in present-day Senegal, is brought to Charleston, South Carolina; in 1831 he writes the only known surviving Arabic autobiography by a person enslaved in the United States.