From Slavery to Freedom: The Untold Story of America's First Muslims

Even before the United States was founded, tens of thousands of Muslims were already present, captured in West Africa and brought to colonial America in chains. Host Asma Khalid (NPR’s White House correspondent and ABC News contributor) tells the surprising story of one of these people, a Muslim...

26 min - Religion & Belief - PBS

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