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FoolInTheDesert t1_j4s9ace wrote

Reply to comment by missannthrope1 in America's First Muslims Were Slaves by Breab1

Estevan was most definitely a Christian/catholic convert before arriving in the New World.

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missannthrope1 t1_j4tscl9 wrote

Did he convert, or was he converted?

The article cited does not equiviate. If slave were Muslim, brought to the US, they were still Muslim.

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Skildundfreund t1_j4tvkea wrote

So if you dont know, why are you claiming he was muslim?

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missannthrope1 t1_j4wbf7c wrote

Because of this book.

Crossing the Continent 1527-1540: The Story of the First African-American Explorer of the American South, by Robert Goodwin.

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