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A dialogue, concerning the slavery of the Africans : shewing it to be the duty and interest of the

Creator:
Hopkins, Samuel, 1721-1803
Published / Created:
1776.
Call Number:
Z8 152
Image Count:
78
Publisher:
Printed and sold by Judah P. Spooner
Subject (Geographic):
United States. and United States
Subject (Topic):
Slavery and Controversial literature
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A dialogue, concerning the slavery of the Africans : shewing it to be the duty and interest of the American colonies to emancipate all their African slaves: with an address to the owners of such slaves : dedicated to the honorable the Continental congress

2.
Omar ibn Said letter : manuscript

Creator:
Said, Omar ibn, 1770?-1863
Published / Created:
circa 1819.
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 185
Image Count:
11
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Autograph letter, in Arabic Maghrabi script, conveying a greeting to Major John Owen in Raleigh, and consisting chiefly of quotations from the Qur'an and from treatises on Arabic grammar. Quotations from the Qur'an include: Sūrat al-Najm (21-23); Sūrat al-Masad (1-2); Sūrat al-Baqarah (285-286); Sūrat Fuṣṣilat (46); Sūrat 'Abasa (34-37); Sūrat al-Infiṭār (19); Sūrat al-Nabaʼ (40); Sūrat al-Mulk (1-13). Quotations from grammatical treatises include verses from Mulḥat al-iʻrāb (Ḥarīrī) and Alfīyat Ibn Mālik (Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh). In the center of the first page, a geometric drawing encloses the Arabic text "Shaykh General Jim Owen," along with two unidentified words. In addition to the text relating to John and James Owen and the quotations, Said expresses a wish to see a place [Kaba?] in Africa and With cover letter, in English, from John Louis Taylor, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, dated Raleigh, North Carolina, 1819 October 10, to Francis Scott Key, George Town [Washington, DC]. Taylor describes Said's history and relationship with his owner James Owen, and requests Key's assistance in obtaining a translation of the enclosed manuscript. He also asks for Key's advice in obtaining an Arabic Bible for Said, and discusses his hope that Said could be persuaded to return to Africa with "the Colonization Society," likely the American Colonization Society, of which both Taylor and Key were members
Description:
Omar ibn Said, also known as Moro or Moreau, was a West African Muslim born and educated in the Futa Toro region on the Senegal River. He was sold into slavery in approximately 1807 and transported to the United States. From approximately 1810 until the end of his life, Said was owned by politician James Owen of Bladen County, North Carolina, brother of North Carolina Governor John Owen., In Arabic., Notes on Taylor letter: "Letter from Judge Taylor - enclosing an Arabic Amulet" ; "Judge Taylor's letter and mss to be sent to Dr Stuart, Andover" ; "To the Library of the Theol. Seminary from M. Stuart, 22 April 1837." Moses Stuart was Professor of Biblical Studies at Andover Theological Seminary from 1810 to 1848., Accompanied by a copy of The Missionary Herald (Boston: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, April 1869) which includes an article, in English, "Arabic-Speaking Negro Mohammedans in Africa," by George E. Post, that discusses Said's manuscript, Taylor's letter, and subsequent events and writings by Said., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
North Carolina., Africa., North Carolina, Cape Fear River Region., United States., Cape Fear River Region (N.C.), and United States
Subject (Name):
Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843., Owen, James, 1784-1865., Owen, John, 1787-1841., Said, Omar ibn, 1770?-1863., Taylor, John Louis, 1769-1829., and American Colonization Society.
Subject (Topic):
African American Muslims, African Americans, Colonization, Arabic language, Grammar, Slavery, Enslaved persons, Enslaved persons' writings, American, and Race relations
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Omar ibn Said letter : manuscript

3.
Savannah, or, the form of a servant, 1875-1876

Call Number:
YCAL MSS 303
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
161
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Draft, holograph, corrected, of a novel about a young woman from New York who learns of her African-American ancestry while travelling through Florida, Tennesee, and other parts of the southern United States in the mid to late nineteenth century. The novel, by an unidentified author, addresses issues of race, slavery, and women's rights during the Reconstruction. Inscribed "Jan. 28, 1876, New Orleans" at the top of page 65. Pages 13 through 16 excised
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Nashville (Tenn.), and New York (N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
Race relations, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Slavery, Women's rights, and History
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Savannah, or, the form of a servant, 1875-1876