Jefferson's Muslim fugitives : the lost story of enslaved Africans, their Arabic letters, and an American president /
Einboden, Jeffrey,
Jefferson's Muslim fugitives : the lost story of enslaved Africans, their Arabic letters, and an American president / Jeffrey Einboden. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
On October 4, 1807, Thomas Jefferson was handed documents written entirely in Arabic, penned by two African Muslims fleeing captivity in rural Kentucky. 'Jefferson's Muslim Fugitives' recounts the untold story of escaped West African slaves in the American heartland whose Arabic writings reached a sitting U.S. President, prompting him to intervene on their behalf. Revealing Jefferson's lifelong entanglements with slavery and Islam, Jeffrey Einboden uncovers the lost Muslim manuscripts which circulated among Jefferson and his prominent peers, while questioning why such vital legacies from the American past have been entirely forgotten.
Specialized.
9780190063917 (ebook) : No price
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 --Correspondence.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 --Friends and associates.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 --Relations with African Americans.
Nash, Ira P., 1774-1844 --Correspondence.
Fugitive slaves--History--Kentucky--19th century.
Muslims--History--Kentucky--19th century.
Slaves' writings, American.
African American Muslims--History.--Kentucky
Slavery--Political aspects--History--United States--19th century.
E445.K5 / E56 2020
306.36209769
Jefferson's Muslim fugitives : the lost story of enslaved Africans, their Arabic letters, and an American president / Jeffrey Einboden. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
On October 4, 1807, Thomas Jefferson was handed documents written entirely in Arabic, penned by two African Muslims fleeing captivity in rural Kentucky. 'Jefferson's Muslim Fugitives' recounts the untold story of escaped West African slaves in the American heartland whose Arabic writings reached a sitting U.S. President, prompting him to intervene on their behalf. Revealing Jefferson's lifelong entanglements with slavery and Islam, Jeffrey Einboden uncovers the lost Muslim manuscripts which circulated among Jefferson and his prominent peers, while questioning why such vital legacies from the American past have been entirely forgotten.
Specialized.
9780190063917 (ebook) : No price
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 --Correspondence.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 --Friends and associates.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 --Relations with African Americans.
Nash, Ira P., 1774-1844 --Correspondence.
Fugitive slaves--History--Kentucky--19th century.
Muslims--History--Kentucky--19th century.
Slaves' writings, American.
African American Muslims--History.--Kentucky
Slavery--Political aspects--History--United States--19th century.
E445.K5 / E56 2020
306.36209769