The first significant US Muslim population arrived via the slave trade

Evidence

Islam came to the New World with Columbus; converts, both crypto- Muslims and crypto-Jews, arrived as sailors on explorers’ ships. In addition, throughout the fifteenth century and sixteenth century, enslaved Muslim Africans continued to practice their religion in the New World; indeed, they launched the first series of slave revolts in Brazil that culminated in a major rebellion in 1835 (Diouf 1998, 153-63; Gomez 2005; Reis 1993). — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 193 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Enslaved West Africans were the first significant US Muslim population; Muslims arrived in the Americas with Columbus and led the earliest slave revolts — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in…, 193; Roughly one in five enslaved Africans in America was Muslim — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 354 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Enslaved West Africans were the first significant US Muslim population #corroborates (1.00)
• Muslims arrived in the Americas with Columbus and led the earliest slave revolts #contradicts (0.85) — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 193
• Tens of thousands of colonial slaves were Muslims #expands (0.85)
• Roughly one in five enslaved Africans in America was Muslim #expands (0.80) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 354
• Wolof and Fulani Muslims led the first slave revolt in the Americas in 1522 #expands (0.75) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 644
• Literate enslaved Muslims disproportionately shaped early American political discourse #expands (0.75) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 355
• Shared Islam enabled enslaved West Africans to organize revolts in the Americas #expands (0.70) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 570