Jefferson's Muslim fugitives the lost story of enslaved Africans, their Arabic letters, and an American president
"On October 3, 1807, Thomas Jefferson was contacted by an unknown traveler from the American frontier, who urgently requested a private "interview" with the President, promising to disclose "a matter of momentous importance". By the next day, Jefferson held in his hands two...
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Oxford University Press
[2020]
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Inhaltsangabe:
- "A Matter of Momentous Importance"
- "Beyond Oure Expressing"
- "The Original Treaty in Arabic"
- "Written in fair Arabic Characters"
- "I take Refuge with the Lord of Daybreak"
- "His name is 'Usman"
- "Combinations of Letters"
- "Go to Mecca; and God will Render you Victorious"
- "Wr s Unavdble"
- "Mr Jefferson is in Reality a Musselman"
- "The Prayer of the Poorest Slave of God"
- "The Runners"
- "Conquest is Close"
- "A Word of any Language"
- "Seven of the Arab Dialects"
- "Humanity certainly Pleads Loud"
- "Supposed to be Spys"
- "His Mountain is made a sort of Mecca"
- "A Sect by Myself"
- "Slave of the Most Merciful"
- "Their Eulogy will be Uttered in other Languages"
- "A Barely Discernible Horizon.