Who is Abdul Rahman, The Prince Among Slaves?

Abdul Rahman. The Prince Among Slaves. 

Having Power Ripped Away Abdul Rahman was Prince of Futa Jallon, Africa. His father was the king. He had a wife and a child and was a military leader. He had it all until one day he had it all taken away. An enemy tribe attacked him and his army and they were almost all killed and the ones that weren't were bought by slave traders in England. They had to walk 100 miles barefoot to the slave ship that would take them to America. They were sold for guns, gun powder, tobacco, and rum. After that day, he lost everything he ever had and wanted.  Thomas Foster Thomas Foster is a business man, a slave holder, religious minded and ambitious. He is also from South Carolina. Abdul Rahman and one other man were eventually bought by Thomas Foster for 930 pesos. They were brought to where Thomas lived in Nachez, Mississippi.  It's Hard to Survive on Your Own Abdul did successful escape from Thomas Foster. He ran into the woods and tried to make his way back to Futa Jallon. But one day he realized that he was no longer a prince or a warrior. He was just a slave. He realized that God's plan for him was to be a slave and returning to Futa Jallon was not part of it. He eventually returned to Thomas Foster and his plantation and he was not beat. He was left alone because he made the choice to return. Thomas Foster then took advantage of Abdul's knowledge on cotton. He made lots of money from this. He produced almost sixteen thousand pounds of cotton in his first year thanks to Abdul.  Freedom Is Tough Eventually, Abdul was freed for no cost by Foster. The only thing he had to do was leave the United States of America because Foster did not want him to enjoy his freedom there. Abdul was thrilled but then realized he was going to have to leave his whole family behind. During his time in Mississippi, he had remarried to a woman named Isabel and had nine kids with her. He was the only one who had been set free. He had enough money to buy Isabel but didn't have any to buy his children. Isabel and Abdul made it their mission to set each other their children free before returning to Africa. However, in the time they were allotted, they only made half of what they needed so they did't get to buy any of the kids. Even though Abdul did get his freedom in the end, he had to leave his kids behind which was heartbreaking to him and was worse than being free.  Prince Among Slaves. Dir. Bill Duke & Andrea Kalin. PBS. 2008.  Bah, Tierno. "WebFuuta Alfa Abdul-Rahman (1762-1829)." WebFuuta/Abdul-Rahman/Musulman/Prince Du Fuuta-Jaloo. WebFuuta, 4 Mar. 1997. Web. 3 Feb. 2015. <http://webfuuta.net/pas/index.html>.