The case of Said is well-known and so rare that he was considered a celebrity.
Don’t be fooled into thinking this was anything but unique.
absolutes taken as general is a key tactic of the fraudster
anectdotal evidence taken as ‘proof’ of a generality is flawed logic
majority ‘african slaves’ WERE illiterate/uneducated before they left africa — as most african slaves were stolen by other africans from unorganized rural areas.
BTW - note the ‘translated from arabic’ wording in article - this one ‘example’ was still illiterate in english - the place he inhabited for the rest of his life.
His account doesnt mention that he was sold into slavery by his relatives, does it ??