TIL a West African prince was enslaved in 1788, brought to the U.S., and freed 40 yrs later as per the request of the Sultan of Morocco

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulrahman_Ibrahim_Ibn_Sori



Submitted January 27, 2015 at 07:30PM by elloall http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2tu8zi/til_a_west_african_prince_was_enslaved_in_1788/