ISBN:
9780190063917
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.36209769
Keywords:
Jefferson, Thomas / 1743-1826 / Correspondence
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Jefferson, Thomas / 1743-1826 / Friends and associates
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Jefferson, Thomas / 1743-1826 / Relations with African Americans
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Nash, Ira P. / 1774-1844 / Correspondence
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Jefferson, Thomas
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Geschichte
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Fugitive slaves / Kentucky / History / 19th century
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Muslims / Kentucky / History / 19th century
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Slaves' writings, American
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African American Muslims / Kentucky / History
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Slavery / Political aspects / United States / History / 19th century
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Muslim
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Sklaverei
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USA
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Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826
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USA
;
Sklaverei
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Muslim
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
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
Note:
Also issued in print: 2020. - Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780190844479.001.0001
URL:
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URL:
Volltext
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URL:
https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190844479.001.0001
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