QUERY: African Muslims Slaves in America

H-AFRICA---Mel Page (AFRICA@ETSUARTS.EAST-TENN-ST.EDU)
Wed, 2 Aug 1995 16:34:57 GMT-5

Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995
From: William G. Sacks, Washington University
<wgsacks@artsci.wustl.edu>

(cross posted from H-AMSTDY, h-amstdy@msu.edu)

A recent post has asserted that the majority of African slaves
brought to North America during the colonial periods were Muslim. As a
long-time student of the period, I find it curious that I've yet to come
across any primary evidence of this claim. Where might one turn to find
substantiation of this claim?