03094oam 22006614a 450 99624805170331620230328225411.00-8147-8530-10-585-31754-22027/heb31019(CKB)111004368613076(EBL)865982(OCoLC)782878080(SSID)ssj0000244389(PQKBManifestationID)11210410(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000244389(PQKBWorkID)10185248(PQKB)10668896(MiAaPQ)EBC865982(OCoLC)45733605(MdBmJHUP)muse10331(dli)HEB31019(MiU)MIU01000000000000012335671(EXLCZ)9911100436861307619980507d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrServants of Allah African Muslims enslaved in the Americas /Sylviane A. DioufNew York :New York University Press,[1998]©19981 online resource (265 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-1904-X 0-8147-1905-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-246) and index.CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction: An Understudied Presence and Legacy; 1 African Muslims, Christian Europeans, and theAtlantic Slave Trade; 2 Upholding the Five Pillars of Islam in a Hostile World; 3 The Muslim Community; 4 Literacy: A Distinction and a Danger; 5 Resistance, Revolts, and Returns to Africa; 6 The Muslim Legacy; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorDespite 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 what Muslim faith any Africans did bring with them was quickly absorbed into the new Christian milieu. But, surprisingly, as Sylviane Diouf shows in this new, meticulously researched volume, Islam flourished during slavery on a large scale. Servants of Allah presents a history of African Muslim slaves, following them from Africa to the Americas. It details how, even while enslaved many Black Muslims managed to follow most of the precepts oAfrican AmericansHistoryTo 1863Muslims, BlackAmericaHistoryMuslims, BlackUnited StatesHistoryEnslaved personsReligious lifeAmericaHistoryEnslaved personsReligious lifeUnited StatesHistoryAfrican AmericansHistoryMuslims, BlackHistory.Muslims, BlackHistory.Enslaved personsReligious lifeHistory.Enslaved personsReligious lifeHistory.305.6971073Diouf Sylviane A(Sylviane Anna),1952-979263MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK996248051703316Servants of Allah2376218UNISA