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American Muslims: A History Revealed
From Slavery to Freedom: The Untold Story of America's First Muslims
Season 1
Episode 2
Even before the United States was founded, tens of thousands of Muslims were already here, captured in West Africa, and brought to colonial America in chains. Host Asma Khalid tells the surprising story of one of these people, a Muslim man named Mamadou Yarrow, who, after 45 years of enslavement and negotiated his way to freedom.
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Listen to the story of a South Asian Muslim who made a home for himself in the American Southwest.
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Asma Khalid travels to the American South West to tell the story of early South Asian migration.
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Malika Bilal tells the story of an immigrant with a 200-page pension file detailing his experiences.
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How Muslim homesteaders constructed one of the first purpose-built mosques in the country.