Jefferson's Muslim fugitives : the lost story of enslaved Africans, their Arabic letters, and an American president / Jeffrey Einboden.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190063917 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Fugitive slaves -- Kentucky -- History -- 19th century | Muslims -- Kentucky -- History -- 19th century | Slaves' writings, American | 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 | African American Muslims -- Kentucky -- History | Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190844479DDC classification: 306.36209769 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.
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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.
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