REPLY: African Muslims Slaves in America

H-AFRICA---Mel Page (AFRICA@ETSUARTS.EAST-TENN-ST.EDU)
Fri, 4 Aug 1995 15:28:57 GMT-5

Date sent: Fri, 04 Aug 1995
From: Richard Lobban, Rhodes Island College
<RLOBBAN@grog.ric.edu>

I find the claim that a majority of slaves were of Muslim origin to
be most unlikely. It is certain thart there were some, no question
about this at all, but certainly not a majority since the majority
were from coastal communities which were largely animist. Indeed, it
was Muslim slavers who raided, and then traded down to the coasts.