Research Paper on:
Terry Alford's Prince Among Slaves

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honored guest in their New Years Day parade, up Lombard and Walnut, and down Chestnut and Spruce streets. A few lines that hide a much bigger story. That  life-story has been recorded in Terry Alfords 1977 book Prince Among Slaves, the focus of this discussion BBprslav.doc PRINCE AMONG SLAVES by Terry Alford Written  by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., April 2001 Note to the student: Look closely at your assignment and see if the book itself should be listed on  a bibliography sheet. This sample paper only shows it in the introduction. Introduction Among Henry Clays documents, for the year 1829 we find the January 1 entry, "Prince  Ibrahima, an Islamic prince sold into slavery 40 years ago, and freed with the stipulation that he return (in this case the word "return" makes sense) to Africa, joined the  black citizens of Philadelphia as an honored guest in their New Years Day parade, up Lombard and Walnut, and down Chestnut and Spruce streets. A few lines that hide  a much bigger story. That life-story has been recorded in Terry Alfords 1977 book Prince Among Slaves, the focus of this discussion. Prince Among Slaves The story is  as much narrative, as documentary, as historical or human horror. Horror not from the aspect of grade-B movies, but the reminder of what we as individuals in our greed  or selfishness can do to one another. We will find this information under documents known as slave narratives, or black history, and the bottom line is the sadness of  it all. The chain of events begin with Ibrahima, Abd al-Rahman ("Prince") (1762 - 1829): He is raised and educated at the will of Allah among the people of the