"A radical condensation of my African Muslims in antebellum America : a sourcebook (New York : Garland, 1984)."--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. "There Are Good Men in America, but All Are Very Ignorant of Africa" -- and Its Muslims -- 2. Glimpses of Seventy-Five African Muslims in Antebellum North America -- 3. Job Ben Solomon: African Nobleman and a Father of African American Literature -- 4. Abd ar-Rahman and His Two Amazing American Journeys -- 5. Bilali Mohammed and Salih Bilali: Almaamys on Georgia's Sapelo and St. Simon's Islands -- 6. Lamine Kebe, Educator -- 7. Umar ibn Said's Legend(s), Life, and Letters -- 8. The Transatlantic Trials of Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua -- 9. Mohammed Ali ben Said, or Nicholas Said: His Travels on Five Continents