Denmark Vesey: This Moor Is More Likely To Have Been Your Grandfather Than Kunta Kinte

Tuesday, June 08, 2010

This Moor Is More Likely To Have Been Your Grandfather Than Kunta Kinte

Abdulrahman Ibraheem Bin Sori. A slave on a Georgia plantation until freed in 1828 by the order of Secretary of State Henery Clay and President John Quincy Adams. A drawing of him by Henery Inman is displayed in the Library of Congress.

4 comments:

KonWomyn said...: Why don't you put the full story so people can read about this Fulani Prince from present-day Guinea...I mean in the interests of pursuing the truth about slavery and all.; Jun 10, 2010, 11:18:00 AM
Denmark Vesey said...: "Ab-dul Rahman Ibrahima Ibn Sori (a.k.a. Abdul-Rahman) was a prince from West Africa who was made a slave in the United States. In 1828, he was freed after spending 40 years in slavery by the order of President John Quincy Adams and Secretary of State Henry Clay after the Sultan of Morocco requested his release."

Request?

By the Sultan of Morocco?

A Sultan in Morocco is requesting the release of a slave in Georgia because of a previous Treaty agreement?

Sounds like more like the story of a Moor than the story of Chicken George to me.

Forgive me KW, but the school system in Zimbabwe is light years ahead of the Plantation Schools in the US.

This subset of our history has been obscured.; Jun 10, 2010, 1:26:00 PM
The Doc said...: Dead ringer for Keith David, that's for damned sure.; Jun 11, 2010, 8:16:00 AM
Denmark Vesey said...: LOL.

You aint lying Doc.

I had the pleasure of eating dinner with Mr. David at Georgia's restaurant in Manhattan some years ago.

Coolest cat on the planet. And an ACTIN' muhfuggah.

lol. You nailed that one.; Jun 11, 2010, 8:41:00 AM

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