Uncle Moreau (Omar Ibn Said) was born in 1780 in Africa and was enslaved in North Carolina as a servant. In his interview in 1856-1863 (?) at age eighty-nine he states that: At the time of his purchase by Gen. Own, Moreau was a staunch Mohammedan, and the first year at least kept the fat of Ramadan with great strictness.  But he was taught also, carefully and wisely, the elements of a better faith, and he gradually began to lose his interest in the Koran, and to show increasing interest in the sacred Scriptures.  Finally he abandoned his own religion, and became a humble and, by all outward signs, sincere believer in Jesus Christ.  He was baptized by Rev. Dr. Snodgrass, then Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville, and received into the church.  Since that time he has been transferred to the First Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, N.C., of which he has long been a worthy and consistent member.  There are few Sabbaths in the year in which he is absent from the house of God, and there are few who seem to worship God in His sanctuary with more unaffected interest and delight. “Uncle Moreau” is an Arabic scholar, reading the language with great facility, and translating it with ease.  His pronunciation of the Arabic is remarkably fine, and his reading is pleasant to hear, even when the hearer is wholly ignorant of the words.  His translations are somewhat imperfect, as he has never mastered the English language, but they are often very striking….