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Feb 4, 2008 · Prince Among Slaves: Directed by Andrea Kalin, Bill Duke. With John C. Bailey, Yasiin Bey, Henian Boone, Ian Coblyn. In 1788 the slave ship Africa, set sail from West Africa and headed for America with its berth laden with a profitable but highly perishable cargo-hundreds of men, women and children bound in chains.
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- Documentary
- Andrea Kalin, Bill Duke
- 2008-02-04
Based on a biography by Northern Virginia Community College history professor Terry Alford, Prince Among Slaves dramatizes Abdul-Rahman's African-Muslim-prince-turned-American-slave drama cycle with historic and scholastic commentary along the way.
Prince Among Slaves recounts the true story of an African Muslim prince who was captured and sold into slavery in the American South. After 40 years of enslavement, he finally regained his...
Abdul Rahman, an African prince who was sold into slavery, spent four decades in servitude before an amazing coincidence took him to the White House to meet President John Quincy Adams, where he was granted his freedom.
- Andrea Kalin, Bill Duke
- 58 min
- 12
Aug 20, 2010 · Prince Among Slaves follows the true life story of Abdul-Rahman Ibrahima Sori, the prince of a large African Kingdom and Captain of his father's armies...
- 2 min
- 13.5K
- Spark Media
Aug 13, 2007 · Prince Among Slaves is a documentary film chronicling the life of Abdul Rahman, an African Prince enslaved in Mississippi, whose struggle for freedom in the American South has...
- 3 min
- 72.5K
- Unity Productions Foundation
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The true story of Prince Abdul-Rahman, stolen from West Africa and sold into slavery on a plantation in Mississippi in 1788. His battle for freedom over forty years attracted the support of men such as President John Quincy Adams and he eventually became the most famous African in America.
