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Abdul Rahman Ibrahima made an astonishing claim to Thomas Foster, the plantation owner who purchased him at auction: As an African prince, highly educated and heir to a kingdom, this bedraggled African’s father would gladly pay gold for his return.
| Publisher: | Unity Productions | | Suitable Age: | 10 - Adults | | Format: | DVD | | Length: | 60 min |
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The slave ship Africa set sail from the Gambia River, its hold laden with a profitable but highly perishable cargo—hundreds of men, women and children bound in chains--headed for American shores. Eight months later, a handful of survivors found themselves for sale in Natchez, Mississippi.
On the slave auction block, one of them, a 26-year-old male named Abdul Rahman Ibrahima made an astonishing claim to Thomas Foster, the plantation owner who purchased him at auction: As an African prince, highly educated and heir to a kingdom, this bedraggled African’s father would gladly pay gold for his return. Foster dismissed the claim as a tissue of lies.
Abdul Rahman, trilingual, a successful military general and true heir to a West African nation the size of Great Britain, did not return to Africa for 40 years. In that time he toiled on Foster’s plantation to make his owner rich. He married a fellow slave, Isabella, and they had nine children. Gradually, he also became the most famous African in America, attracting the support of such powerful men as President John Quincy Adams and Secretary of State Henry Clay.
Later in life, he and Isabella traveled widely throughout the northern states, where Abdul Rahman addressed huge audiences of fascinated whites, early Abolitionists including Francis Scott Key and Thomas Gallaudet, and sympathetic Free Blacks in an attempt to raise enough money to buy his children out of slavery.
A hero snared in a tragedy for four decades, he returned to Africa at the age 67, only to fall ill and die just as word of his return reached his former kingdom. Throughout a life of Shakespearean dimensions, Abdul Rahman maintained his dignity and hope for the freedom of his people.
3 Ways To Use This Product:
During Black History Month in February, watch this DVD with family
and friends to learn more about African Muslims in America.
Ask your local library to include this DVD in its collection.
With permission from the producers of this DVD, organize a showing
of this film along with a discussion afterwards on your college campus
or a local community organization.
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