<p>A condensation and updating of his <em>African Muslims in</em><em>Antebellum America: A Sourcebook</em> (1984) noted scholar of antebellum black writing and history Dr. Allan D. Austin explores via portraits documents maps and texts the lives of 50 sub-Saharan non-peasant Muslim Africans caught in the slave trade between 1730 and 1860. Also includes five maps.</p>