Prince Among Slaves

Name: Prince Among Slaves
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2008-02-04
Duration: 58 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: John C. Bailey, Yasiin Bey, Henian Boone

2007
PG
58m

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7.4/10

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The true story of the enslavement of the heir to an African Kingdom, Prince Among Slaves follows Abdul Rahman from his capture in Africa and grueling middle passage across the ocean into a life of bondage in America.

First destined to be a leader in his father's kingdom, in a cruel twist of fate, the highly educated young prince found himself instead toiling on a Mississippi plantation. Never wavering in his belief that freedom was his birthright, Abdul Rahman finally re-claimed it forty years on, and soon became the most famous African in America, meeting with President John Quincy Adams and other leading luminaries, before returning at last to the continent of his birth.

Prince Among Slaves paints a vivid picture of the extraordinary times in which an extraordinary man lived, interweaving the universal themes of bondage and deliverance, pride and forbearance, guile and providence.

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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 i... Read allIn 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. Six months later the survivors were sold in Natchez, Mississippi. One of them, a... Read allIn 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. Six months later the survivors were sold in Natchez, Mississippi. One of them, a 26-year-old man named Abdul-Rahman made a remarkable claim to the farmer who purchased hi... Read all