Some Memoirs of the Life of Job, the Son of Solomon, the High Priest of Boonda in Africa, Who Was a Slave About Two Years in Maryland

"Sheds light on the slave trade, American slave life and the British abolitionist movement." -Daily Press (Newport News, Va.), June 8, 2014 "Some Memories of the Life of Job" is one of the earliest and most intriguing slave narratives, being published in 1734. Ayuba Suleiman Diallo (1701-1773), also known as Job ben Solomon, was a famous Muslim who was a victim of the Atlantic slave trade. Born in Bundu, Senegal (West Africa), Job's memoirs were published as one of the earliest slave narratives