302 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 269-275).
Summary
"The life of Yarrow Mamout and his descendants captures the enormous self-agency that enslaved and free blacks displayed in colonial America. This exceptional man was a Muslim and a slave for forty-four years before earning enough money to buy a house in Georgetown in 1800, a very rich place even then. Mamout's story is of Islam in early America, of slavery in the nation's capital, and of the role free blacks played to free their sisters and brothers"--P. [4] of cover.
