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A 1819 portrait of a formerly enslaved man reveals the presence of Muslims at the nation’s founding.
An 1819 portrait of a formerly enslaved African man reveals the presence of Muslims at the nation’s founding.
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A Portrait of Freedom Preview
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An 1819 portrait of a formerly enslaved African man reveals the presence of Muslims at the nation’s founding.
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This is a story that predates the Founding of America.
Predates the Founding of America The remarkable story of Mamadou Yarrow.
He was a Fulani Muslim.
So he obtained his freedom by agreeing to make bricks?
Yeah.
He commanded one and a half time what a white brick maker could.
He gives us a story of what it was like to gain freedo and then live as a free person.
I don't think we have any other story like that.
That's what's so powerful about it.
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