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Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas, 15th Anniversary Edition

November 1, 2015 By Halima Tour'e Leave a Comment

Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas, 15th Anniversary Edition

Despite the explosion in work on African American and religious history, little is known about Black Muslims who came to America as slaves. Most assume that what Muslim faith any Africans did bring with them was quickly absorbed into the new Christian milieu. But, surprisingly, as Sylviane Diouf shows in this new, meticulously researched volume, Islam flourished during slavery on a large scale. Servants of Allah presents a history of African Muslim slaves, following them from Africa to the … [Read more...]

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Prince Among Slaves: The True Story of an African Prince Sold into Slavery in the American South

October 31, 2015 By Halima Tour'e Leave a Comment

Prince Among Slaves: The True Story of an African Prince Sold into Slavery in the American South

In this remarkable work, Terry Alford tells the story of Abd al Rahman Ibrahima, a Muslim slave who, in 1807, was recognized by an Irish ship's surgeon as the son of an African king who had saved his life many years earlier. "The Prince," as he had become known to local Natchez, Mississippi residents, had been captured in war when he was 26 years old, sold to slave traders, and shipped to America. Slave though he was, Ibrahima was an educated, aristocratic man, and he was made overseer of the … [Read more...]

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