Explores the stories of African Muslim slaves in the New World. The author argues that although Islam as brought by the Africans did not outlive the last slaves

Despite the explosion in work on African American and religious history, little is known about Black Muslims who came to America as slaves. Most assume that wha

Servants of Allah presents a history of African Muslims, following them from West Africa to the Americas. Although many assume that what Muslim faith they broug

Born to a wealthy family in West Africa around 1770, Omar Ibn Said was abducted and sold into slavery in the United States, where he came to the attention of a

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.