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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN 13 | 9780190844479 |
| ISBN 10 | 0190844477 |
| Author | Professor of English Jeffrey Einboden |
| Language | English |
| Book Description | 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 |
| About the Author | Jeffrey Einboden is Professor of English at Northern Illinois University and a 2017 Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies. Einboden's most recent books include The Islamic Lineage of American Literary Culture (Oxford, 2016) and Islam and Romanticism (2014). He is the recipient of two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, including a 2011 award supporting Einboden's recovery, translation and teaching of Arabic slave writings. Read more |
| Publication Date | 2020-07-06 |
| Number of Pages | 352 pages |
Jefferson's Muslim Fugitives: The Lost Story of Enslaved Africans, Their Arabic Letters, and an American President
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