The amazing true story of an African prince enslaved in the American South.
Prince Among Slaves (2007)
DVD
Languages:
English
Subtitles:
English (stereo.) dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
Personal notes
Ibrahima, Abd al-Rahman, 1762-1829Slaves -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- Biography
Princes -- Africa, West -- Biography
Muslims -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- Biography
Slavery -- Mississippi
Narrated by Mos Def
Plot outline
Based on a biography by Northern Virginia Community College history professor Terry Alford, Prince Among Slaves chronicles Abdul-Rahman’s true life African-Muslim-prince-turned-American-slave drama cycle with historic and scholastic commentary along the way.
The story begins with prince's capture at the age of 26 during a military campaign against non-Muslims in Guinea in 1788, and follows his sale to British slave traders, transport to America on the slave ship Africa to New Orleans, arrival into bondage at Thomas Foster’s tobacco plantation in Natchez, Mississippi, the ensuing 40 years of enslavement and his eventual liberation.