slaves

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Most Muslims in the first American colonies had arrived from Africa as slaves.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

It depicts Caesar Rodney, who cast a clinching vote in the 1776 US Declaration of Independence from Britain but is viewed critically by some because he owned slaves.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

Thirteen of the 39 signers of the Constitution were from the South, and it’s estimated that 25 delegates to the Constitutional Convention owned slaves.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

A bank official said that the bank’s reasoning was that the debt owed ensured that the customers were slaves to the bank in perpetuity.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Ultimately, about 15,000 black Americans sailed back to Africa, most of them going to Liberia in West Africa, which was planned and founded as a homeland for emancipated American slaves.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis