Prince Among Slaves

Description

On his way home from a military victory, a young Muslim prince is captured by slavers and sold to a cotton plantation in Mississippi. Eventually, friends of his father secure Abdul-Rahman's freedom, but he is on his own when it comes to freeing his wife and nine children, all still enslaved on the same plantation.

Themes

Kingdom of Fouta Djallon (1725 – 1896), Abdu-l-Rahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori (1762 – 1829), John Quincy Adams (1767 – 1848), Islam, Family relationships, Atlantic slave trade, Agriculture, Social justice, Docudrama, Literature