Rethinking the Ben Ali diary : multiple contexts and Muslim slaves

This paper explores the reasons why Bilali Mohammed, a Muslim slave who lived on Sapelo Island produced his Arabic document, known as the Ben Mi diary. Although several scholars have studied the document, they have remained silent on why Bilali was literate and why he produced this work. Since the B...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Syed, Amir
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/14720