Jefferson's Muslim Fugitives: The Lost Story of Enslaved Africans, their Arabic Letters, and an American President
Jeffrey Einboden
Oxford University Press
In 1807, Thomas Jefferson was delivered two manuscripts written entirely in Arabic and penned by literate African slaves fleeing captivity in rural Kentucky. Jefferson's Muslim Fugitives tracks the path of the manuscripts to the then President, while questioning why this vital legacy from the American past has been entirely forgotten.