MAKE A MEME View Large Image Omar Ibn Said c1905 verso.jpg Uncle Moro Omeroh the African or Arab Prince whom General James Owen bought and who lived in Wilmington N C for many years and died in Bladen County in 1864 aged about 90 years Reverse of this image contains ...
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Keywords: Omar Ibn Said c1905 verso.jpg Uncle Moro Omeroh the African or Arab Prince whom General James Owen bought and who lived in Wilmington N C for many years and died in Bladen County in 1864 aged about 90 years Reverse of this image contains holograph reminiscences of A M Waddell about Omar written in 1905 It describes how he read and wrote Arabic was born a Muslim and captured as a runaway slave ~ 1905 Photograph University Library The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Southern Historical Collection place of discovery object history exhibition history credit line Transcript Uncle Moro Omeroh the African or Arab Prince whom Gen Owens bought and who lived in Wilmington N C for many years and died in Bladen Co in 1804 aged about 90 years see other side This old man ™s history was extremely interesting Born in the region around Timbuctoo Timbuktu and the son of a King or Chief he was taught to read write Arabic having committed some offence he was banished by his people who were named by some writers Malis or Mellès and by Stanley Malais He was captured and sold into slavery to a ship which brought him to South Carolina where he was purchased by a young up-country planter who treated him harshly and he ran away wandered over the line into North Carolina was found ill at a negro cabin was arrested as a runaway slave put in jail at Fayetteville and having attracted attention by writing on the walls in Arabic was released by Gen James Owen on bond afterward bought by him from the S C planter and treated as a pensioner and friend for the remainder of his life Although a devout Mahometan Mohammedan/Muslim he became a devout Presbyterian and lived befriended respected by everybody until his death in 1804 at the age of about 90 years He is buried in the family graveyard of the Owens in Bladen County N C It was said that he was a Free Mason He was a short mustee colored man polite and dignified in his manners I remember him very distinctly A K Waddell 1905 accession number place of creation http //docsouth unc edu/nc/omarsaid/saidvs_150 jpg -of-omar-ibn-said/iQG8_0RWj1c9Pw hl en Omar Ibn Said
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