Jefferson's Muslim Fugitives: The Lost Story of Enslaved Africans, Their Arabic Letters, and an American President

ISBN-13: 9780190844479 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 352 str.

Jeffrey Einboden

Recenzje

Einboden's groundbreaking work on the presence of Muslims in the United States uncovers previously unknown documents related to Thomas Jefferson and his circle. Einboden has developed a fresh and timely narrative that will stimulate conversation among a wide range of readers.

O autorze

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.