In the year 1807, a wealthy scholar was captured in West Africa, brought to the United States and sold into slavery. His name was Omar Ibn Said. He was 37 years old at the time, and he spent the rest of his life enslaved. Said was one of many enslaved Muslims in early U.S. history. Up to 40 percent of Africans captured and brought to the U.S. were from mostly Muslim countries in West Africa. Said’s story might have been forgotten, but he wrote about it in a book called The Life of Omar Ibn Said. The U.S. Library of Congress recently received the book, which was written in Arabic. The book is one of only a few personal stories written by a slave in America. It is also one of the first intimate reports of the early history of Muslims in the United States.
Title: Enslaved African Muslims Helped Build America
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enslaved.</span> <span data-start-time='25208' data-end-time='33250'>Said was one of many enslaved Muslims in early U.S. history.</span> <span data-start-time='33250' data-end-time='44167'>Up to 40 percent of Africans captured and brought to the U.S. were from mostly Muslim countries in West Africa.</span> <span data-start-time='44167' data-end-time='55167'>Said’s story might have been forgotten, but he wrote about it in a book called The Life of Omar Ibn Said.</span> <span data-start-time='55167' data-end-time='64125'>The U.S. Library of Congress recently received the book, which was written in Arabic.</span> <span data-start-time='64125' data-end-time='80042'>The book is one of only a few personal stories written by a slave in America.</span> <span data-start-time='80042' data-end-time='82354'>It is also one of the first intimate reports of the early history of Muslims in the United States.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div 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