Servants of Allah : African Muslims enslaved in the Americas

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

Author/creator	Diouf, Sylviane A. (Sylviane Anna), 1952-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : New York University Press, ©1998.
Description	ix, 254 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Enslaved persons--Religious life --United States --History. Enslaved persons--Religious life --America --History. Muslims, Black--United States --History. Muslims, Black--America --History. African Americans--History --To 1863.

Contents	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.
Local note	Little-324035--305131023519X
Local note	Little-324035--305131023519X
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-246) and index.
LCCN	98019768
ISBN	081471904X (acid-free paper)
ISBN	0814719058 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E443 .D56 1998	✔ Available	Place Hold