The following resources provide additional information on Omar ibn Sayyid, including his life and writings. Please note the Slave Voyages database. This database has been used by some scholars in attempts to identify the ship that carried the kidnapped Sayyid from his home. The Library of Congress website contains a particularly robust list of related resources:

Ivins, Tammy. “Omar ibn Sayyid” Davidson Encyclopedia June 2007, http://libraries.davidson.edu/archives/encyclopedia/omar-ibn-sayyid/

"Omar Ibn Said Collection", Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/collections/omar-ibn-said-collection/about-this-collection/ (accessed 23 August 2019).

“Oh ye Americans”: The Autobiography of Omar ibn Said, National Humanities Center, The Making of African American Identity: Vol. I, 1500-1865, http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai/community/text3/religionomaribnsaid.pdf (accessed 23 August 2019).

Enslaved and Freed African Muslims: Spiritual Wayfarers in the South and Lowcountry, Lowcountry Digital History Initiative, http://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/exhibits/show/african-muslims-in-the-south/five-african-muslims/omar-ibn-said--1770-1864 (accessed 23 August 2019).

Library of Congress. "Conversation on the Omar Ibn Said Collection",Youtube, 27 February 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=afSiWmkVAg8.

Slave Voyages. "Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database." https://www.slavevoyages.org/voyage/database.

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