Memoirs of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo Contributor: University Library, University of North Carolina

Published in 1734, this memoir captures the story of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, also known as Job Ben Solomon. He was a Fulani Muslim cleric from Bondu (in modern-day Sénégal) who was captured, transported across the Atlantic, and sold into slavery in Maryland, before becoming free and eventually returning to his homeland.