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Artemus Gaye, the Liberian descendant of Prince Abdul Rahman who appears at the end of the film Prince Among Slaves provided a chart he prepared from family sources on his line of descent from his great-great-great-great grandfather, Simon I. Mr. Gaye is a 7th generation descendant of Abdul Rahman.
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- The Prince Arrives in Mississippi
- Sori Is Recognized as Royalty by A Visiting Traveler
- Sori Is Released from Bondage After 40 Years
Ignoring Sori’s protestations, Foster marched him to his frontier homestead in Natchez, Mississippi, which was still Spanish territory at the time. It was a far cry fromTimbo, the trading hub where Sori’s father had consolidated power in Fouta Djallon. Sori had been educated in Islam and politics in neighboring Timbuktu and by the time he was captu...
Decades earlier, a shipwreck had left a British surgeon named John Cox marooned on the West African shore. He only survived because he was rescued by a group of Fulanis who brought him to Timbo. There, he met Sori and his royal family who offered him medical care and friendship over a six-month stay. In a remarkable twist of kismet, Sori ran into C...
Sori’s freedom was imminent but Isabella’s and his children were not. His determination to return to Fouta Djallon was matched by his refusal not to do so without his family. As he prepared to travel to Washington, D.C. from which he would set sail to Africa, word of his epic grew. Newspapers covered his odyssey and events along his route were plan...
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Abdul Rahman Ibrahima ibn Sori ( Arabic: عبد الرحمن ابراهيم سوري; 1762 – July 6, 1829) was a Fula prince and Amir (commander) from the Fouta Djallon region of Guinea, West Africa, who was captured and sold to slave traders and transported to the United States in 1788. [1] Upon discovering his lineage, his enslaver, Thomas ...
May 6, 2024 · They will be in Natchez from Wednesday, May 8, to Saturday, May 11. Their ancestor, Abdul Rahman (1762-1829), was an African prince from Timbo, who was captured in 1788 at the age of 26 and shipped to the United States where he was sold in Mississippi as a slave. He spent 40 years toiling on the plantation of Thomas Foster before he gained his ...
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In the summer of 1829, Abdul Rahman Ibrahima returned to Africa after 40 years of enslavement in the United States. Having obtained his freedom via the agency of President John Quincy Adams, he set off on the voyage that was supposed to take him to his birthplace in Timbuktu, in what is now Mali. However, he made it only as far as the American ...
Jun 19, 2021 · Born in 1762, Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori was a Fulani prince originally from the West-African region called Fouta Djallon ( now part of Guinea). He was a 26-year-old young man who was destined to rule on one of Africa's most influential kingdoms at the time. His father, Almami Ibrahim Sori consolidated the Islamic confederation of Futa Jallon ...
Jun 1, 1977 · In 2014,Dr. Artemus Gaye and Karen Chatman of Natchez Mississippi; both direct descendants of Abdul-Rahman's were reinstated their official Royal titles of Sheik (Prince)and Sheika (Princess). The two Royals are using their titles for the betterment of Humanity. Dr.
