Abstract

Servants of Allah is an important contribution to history of Islam in America. In particular, Sylviane Diouf focuses on the peculiar institution of American slavery, and shows how distinct this practice was in comparison to other experiences of slavery. Some of her descriptions of American slavery were painfully graphic. Her command of historical details is precise and her use of these details is powerful. Diouf brought things to life for me that I have yet to find revealed in other considerations of relationship between, Islam, Africa, and trans-Atlantic slave trade.

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