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Servants of Allah African Muslims enslaved in the Americas

Title
  1. Servants of Allah [electronic resource] : African Muslims enslaved in the Americas / Sylviane A. Diouf.
Published by
  1. New York : New York University Press, c1998.
Author
  1. Diouf, Sylviane A. (Sylviane Anna), 1952-

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Additional authors
  1. American Council of Learned Societies.
Found in
  1. ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org
Description
  1. ix, 253 p.; 24 cm.
Uniform title
  1. ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subject
  1. Enslaved persons > Religious life > History. > United States
  2. Enslaved persons > Religious life > History. > America
  3. Muslims, Black > United States > History
  4. Muslims, Black > America > History
  5. African Americans > History > To 1863
Contents
  1. Introduction: an understudied presence and legacy -- African Muslims, Christian Europeans, and the Atlantic slave trade -- Upholding the Five Pillars of Islam in a hostile world -- The Muslim community -- Literacy: a distinction and a danger -- Resistance, revolts, and returns to Africa -- The Muslim legacy.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-246) and index.
Reproduction (note)
  1. Electronic text and image data.
Author
  1. Diouf, Sylviane A. (Sylviane Anna), 1952-
Title
  1. Servants of Allah [electronic resource] : African Muslims enslaved in the Americas / Sylviane A. Diouf.
Imprint
  1. New York : New York University Press, c1998.
Series
  1. ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-246) and index.
Reproduction
  1. Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2013. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.
Connect to:
  1. Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Added author
  1. American Council of Learned Societies.
Found in:
  1. ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/
Other form:
  1. Original 081471904X 0814719058 (DLC) 98019768
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