Restored and colorized ambrotype of Omar ibn Said, c. 1850
Born
Omar ibn Sayyid
c. 1770
Futa Tooro, Empire of Great Fulo
Died
1864 (aged 93–94)
Bladen County, North Carolina, Confederate States
Other names
Uncle Moreau, Prince Omeroh
Education
Formal Islamic education in Senegal
Known for
Islamic scholar, author of slave narratives
Omar ibn Said (Arabic: عمر بن سعيد, romanized: ʿUmar bin Saeed or Omar ben Saeed;[1] c. 1770–1864) was a Fula Muslim scholar from Futa Toro in West Africa (present-day Senegal), who was enslaved and transported to the United States in 1807. Remaining enslaved for the remainder of his life, he wrote a series of Arabic-language works on history and theology, including a short autobiography.
^"Image 1 of The life of Omar ben Saeed, called Morro, a Fullah Slave in Fayetteville, N.C. Owned by Governor Owen". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
OmaribnSaid (Arabic: عمر بن سعيد, romanized: ʿUmar bin Saeed or Omar ben Saeed; c. 1770–1864) was a Fula Muslim scholar from Futa Toro in West Africa...
to arrive in America were enslaved people from West Africa (such as OmaribnSaid and Ayuba Suleiman Diallo). During the Atlantic slave trade, an estimated...
Umar ibn al-Khattab (Arabic: عُمَر بْن ٱلْخَطَّاب, romanized: ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb; c. 582/583 – 644), also spelled Omar, was the second Rashidun caliph...
February 6, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2020. Said, OmarIbn. (2014). Muslim American Slave : the Life of OmarIbnSaid. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-24953-3...
Early American Muslim". www.religioninamerica.org. OmaribnSaid (1831). "Autobiography of OmaribnSaid, Slave in North Carolina, 1831". University of North...
vocal opponent of slavery and wrote a slave narrative autobiography. OmaribnSaid was a writer and Islamic scholar, born and educated in what is now Senegal...
Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīsābūrī (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131), commonly known as Omar Khayyam (Persian: عمر خیّام), was a Persian...
figure in the abolitionist cause whose birthplace is heavily contested. OmaribnSaid (1770–1864), a writer and Islamic scholar from Senegal who was enslaved...
for the black man ... [For whites in parallel circumstances, it is often said] Talk not of overcoming evil with good – it is madness! Talk not of peacefully...
as she was called) travelled by night and in extreme secrecy, and later said she "never lost a passenger". After the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was passed...
commissioned to create an opera based on the Arabic language autobiography of OmarIbnSaid, a highly literate and cultured Torodbe (Muslim cleric) from the Fula...
planter, major-general and businessman, he owned the enslaved scholar OmaribnSaid. John Page (1628–1692), Virginia merchant and agent for the slave-trading...
outside Africa In writings of African American slaves Writings of by OmarIbnSaid (1770–1864) of Senegal The Bilali Document also known as Bilali Muhammad...
William Grimes Josiah Henson Fountain Hughes (1848/1854 VA – 1957) OmaribnSaid John Andrew Jackson Harriet Jacobs Thomas James John Jea Paul Jennings...
the original on 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2017-12-11. OmaribnSaid (1831). "Autobiography of OmaribnSaid, Slave in North Carolina, 1831". University of North...
leverage the donation in these areas: Produce a book and a film about OmaribnSaid Provide public access to "programs that enhance knowledge about faiths...
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