Prince among slaves / Terry Alford.

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Overview: In this remarkable work, Terry Alford tells the story of Abd al Rahman Ibrahima, a Muslim slave who, in 1807, was recognized by an Irish ship's surgeon as the son of an African king who had saved his life many years earlier. "The Prince," as he had become known to local Natchez, Mississipp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alford, Terry
Language:English
Published: Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press, 2007, ©1977.
Edition:Thirtieth anniversary edition.
Subjects:
Ibrahima, Abd al-Rahman, > 1762-1829.
Slavery > Mississippi.
Enslaved persons > Mississippi > Natchez > Biography.
Princes > Africa, West > Biography.
Muslims > Mississippi > Natchez > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xx, 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Format: Book

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