Price Among Slaves: An 18th-century slave story still relevant for Malaysia

By Maxine Carr

April 2014 FEATURE
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In the middle of his Malaysian tour, Michael Wolfe, executive producer at Unity Productions Foundation (UPF), writer, lecturer and long-time advocate for human rights speaks to Penang Monthly about producing the documentary, Prince Among Slaves, a one hour documentary about a West African Muslim prince who was captured and sold into slavery in 1788.Abdul Rahman Ibrahim Sori was one of millions of Africans captured, transported across the sea to America, and sold into slavery.Michael Wolfe.Abdul’s owner, Thomas Foster, refused to...

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Maxine Carr

is a research analyst at the Penang Institute.

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