African Muslims in Antebellum America: Transatlantic Stories and Spiritual Struggles - Hardcover

Austin, Allan D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415912695 ISBN 13: 9780415912693

Publisher: Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

A condensation and updating of his African Muslims in Antebellum America: A Sourcebook (1984), noted scholar of antebellum black writing and history Dr. Allan D. Austin explores, via portraits, documents, maps, and texts, the lives of 50 sub-Saharan non-peasant Muslim Africans caught in the slave trade between 1730 and 1860. Also includes five maps.

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Review:

A condensation and updating of the author's African Muslims in Antebellum America: A Sourcebook, this book features the stories of nearly 80 Africans brought to America as slaves between 1730 and 1860. What was unusual about these slaves is that they were Muslims and that they left some sort of documentary record of their presence. Many came from elite classes--one was a military officer, several were schoolteachers, and another was studying to become a religious leader. Using the fragments of evidence still available, Allan D. Austin tells a compelling story that illuminates aspects of American history that are too little known.

From the Back Cover:

Allan Austin, noted scholar of antebellum black writing and history, here tells the remarkable stories of dozens of African Muslims who were taken as slaves between 1730 and 1860.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0415912695
• ISBN 13: 9780415912693
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212