Black Americans and Islam

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Thread is now archived but I want to further the conversation and will post it here for those interested.

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Almost 1/3rd of Africans enslaved in the US came from Islamic and Islamic influenced regions of west Africa.

We know that some people's such as Bilali Mohammed enslaved in Sapelo Island Georgia around 1802 kept 13 pages of Islamic writings he himself wrote (pic related)

Muhammad Yaro who was a landowner, lender to merchants and a stockholder was a literate and fluent speaker in Arabic, Fulani and English was enslaved in the mid 1700's and kept faith praying east on his property

Abdul-Rahman Ibrahim ibn Sori was a prince who was eventually freed after his Arabic letter was sent to the royal Moroccan family. Eventually freed with some of his children he was sent to Sierra Leone before dying shortly after.

Many old slave songs and Negro spirituals maintain a stunning semblance to Muslim calls to prayer, in fact "Ring Shouts" a term to denote a style of singing and coming together derives from the Arabic shawṭ denoting the single circular run around the Kaaba.

In the sea islands all church's of slaves faced east towards mecca and even in my own family who were Christians and ate pork they speak of hanging the pigs they slaughtered to rid it's body of blood which they deemed was unclean. The had Gris-gris amulets derived from senegambian Muslims that originally contained verses from the Quran and "magical" substances before turning into Bible verses and substances

For many black Americans, Islam and specifically the vestiges of west African Islam was a draw to the faith from the 40's and beyond. The various groups that formed provided a vital voice that called for self determination and self sufficiency. It was a returning of sorts away from the Christian faith that enslaved them because contrary to 4chan belief Islam was not forced on West Africans for quite some time it was mostly a faith brought by trade.