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Patient_Language_804 t1_j4sls5v wrote

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

You are actually in correct he was born a muslim but converted to christianity.

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missannthrope1 t1_j4ts2s4 wrote

Did he convert, or was he converted? There's no way of knowing how devout he was in either religion, or if he was religious at all.

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missannthrope1 t1_j4w9uk3 wrote

Much of Africa was Islamic at the time, as this article clearly points out. Plus that he was born in Africa, then taken as a slave is pure conjecture He could have been born in Morocco to black Muslim slaves. He spoke Arabic, so a Muslim connection is clear.

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ScientificHope t1_j4vygf5 wrote

Then why do you continue to affirm he was?

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missannthrope1 t1_j4w8lgm wrote

Because I read the book, Crossing the Continent 1527-1540: The Story of the First African-American Explorer of the American South, by Robert Goodwin who explains very clearly how the slave trade worked in the 16th century.

I've also done an enormous amount of research for a project on which I am working.

What are your bona fides?

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