Edition Statement:[Rev. and updated ed.].
Imprint:New York : Routledge, 1997.
Descriptionxiii, 194 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Note:Includes some primary source material.
Note:"There are good men in America, but all are very ignorant of Africa" and its Muslims -- Glimpses of seventy-five African Muslims in Antebellum North America -- Job Ben Solomon: African nobleman and a father of African American literature -- Abd ar-Rahman and his two amazing American journeys -- Bilali Mohammed and Salih Bilali: Almaamys on Georgia's Sapelo and St. Simon's Islands -- Lamine Kebe, educator -- Umar ibn Said's Legend(s), Life, and Letters -- The Transatlantic trials of Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua -- Mohammed Ali ben Said, or Nicholas Said: His travels on five continents.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
