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Genre/Form: | Biography Biographies History Sources |
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Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Allan D Austin |
ISBN: | 0415912695 9780415912693 0415912709 9780415912709 |
OCLC Number: | 35172599 |
Notes: | "A radical condensation of my African Muslims in antebellum America : a sourcebook (New York : Garland, 1984)."--Preface. |
Description: | xiii, 194 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Contents: | 1. "There Are Good Men in America, but All Are Very Ignorant of Africa" -- and Its Muslims -- 2. Glimpses of Seventy-Five African Muslims in Antebellum North America -- 3. Job Ben Solomon: African Nobleman and a Father of African American Literature -- 4. Abd ar-Rahman and His Two Amazing American Journeys -- 5. Bilali Mohammed and Salih Bilali: Almaamys on Georgia's Sapelo and St. Simon's Islands -- 6. Lamine Kebe, Educator -- 7. Umar ibn Said's Legend(s), Life, and Letters -- 8. The Transatlantic Trials of Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua -- 9. Mohammed Ali ben Said, or Nicholas Said: His Travels on Five Continents. |
Series Title: | Critical studies on Black life and culture, 5. |
Responsibility: | Allan D. Austin. |
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"Austin uses historical documents, including photos, to tell adventurous, distressing and sometimes funny stories of enslaved African Muslims between 11730 and 1860. All left some record of their presence in America." -- Navid Iqbal, The Star-Ledger, Newark, New Jersey"...highly recommended..." -- The Journal of AmericanHistory"...attractively produced..." -- Journal of Southern History"Austin offers meticulously researched profiles of Muslim Africans who lived during the antebellum era." -- Amsterdam News Read more...
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