Precious Muhammad rediscovered Said's full autobiography in 2000, which now allows an analysis of its place within the literature on Muslim American and African American histories (Muhammad, 2001). Muhammad argues that Said, who associated with some of the most influential Americans of his time, offers a good example of an African with a distinctly Islamic heritage who taught many Christians in the Deep South. She also observes the significance of the fact that he was never a slave in the United States but, instead, witnessed the aftermath of slavery, after the Civil War, experiencing the post-slavery society of the United States.  
While Muhammad's discussion is important, she provides little further analysis. Indeed, she does not authenticate the details of Said's account or add to the documentation on Said's life. ${ }^{1}$ Other scholars now refer to the autobiography as  
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[^0]:    1 Furthermore, she does not compare the Atlantic Monthly article with his book-length autobiography.