Abduhl Rahhahman / H. Inman, Esqr, N.A., del. ; T. Illman, sculp.
Summary
Portrait of a West African prince known as Ibrahima, Prince of Slaves, and Abdu-l-Rahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori. He was captured as a war prisoner and became a slave in the United States for 40 years. He was freed in 1828.
Illustration from: The Colonizationist and Journal of Freedom (Boston: G.W. Light, 1834), frontispiece.
Printed below portrait: "Facsimile of the Moorish prince's writing, [Arabic script]."
Stipple engraving by Thomas Illman (active 1812-1860) after a drawing by Henry Inman.
Tags
Date
01/01/1834
Contributors
Illman, Thomas, -1859 or 1860, engraver
Inman, Henry, 1801-1846, artist
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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