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Servants of Allah : African Muslims enslaved in the Americas / Sylviane A. Diouf.

Title
  1. Servants of Allah : African Muslims enslaved in the Americas / Sylviane A. Diouf.
Published by
  1. New York : New York University Press, c1998.
Author
  1. Diouf, Sylviane.

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Description
  1. ix, 253 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. Diouf examines the role Islam played in the culture of African slaves in the Americas.
Uniform title
  1. Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  1. To 1863
  2. Muslim
  3. Enslaved persons > Religious life > America > History
  4. Enslaved persons > Religious life > United States > History
  5. History
  6. African Americans > History > To 1863
  7. Muslims, Black > America > History
  8. Muslims, Black > United States > History
Genre/Form
  1. History
Contents
  1. Acknowledgments -- 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 -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index -- About the author.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-246) and index.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain