Lapidus Talks @ Noon: The Transatlantic Muslim Diaspora to Latin America in the 19th Century

African Muslims were present in almost every region of the Americas during the 19th century. The names of Africans rescued from slave ships provide us with valuable clues to their migration patterns across the Atlantic. These data suggest that, at the time while most West Africans came from the bights of Benin and Biafra, the majority of Muslims left from Upper Guinea.











When: Thu., Jan. 26, 2017 at 12:00 pm
Where: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd.
212-491-2200
Price: Free
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African Muslims were present in almost every region of the Americas during the 19th century. The names of Africans rescued from slave ships provide us with valuable clues to their migration patterns across the Atlantic. These data suggest that, at the time while most West Africans came from the bights of Benin and Biafra, the majority of Muslims left from Upper Guinea.

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