Posted on 10/23/2016 3:32:10 PM PDT by heterosupremacist
In the second Presidential debate, Hillary Clinton made a curious claim about Islam’s place in the history of America: “We’ve had Muslims in America since George Washington.” Many in the television audience of tens of millions must have thought that surely she had evidence for this, and quietly accepted her statement, while others, better prepared, and thus less easily fooled, were not inclined to swallow this latest example of nunc-pro-tunc backdating of Muslims in American history.
Much of the evidence for the presence of Muslim slaves at Mount Vernon comes from naming practices as well as individual histories. The names of at least three female slaves at Mount Vernon indicate an Islamic influence on the Estate, if not the actual practice of Islam, over a period of roughly thirty years. Two women, presumably a mother and daughter, named “Fatimer” and “Little Fatimer” were included on a 1774 tithables list at Mount Vernon, a document prepared for local authorities listing the people whom George Washington was responsible to pay taxes for. These names appear to be a variation of the popular Muslim woman’s name Fatima, meaning “Shining One” in Arabic, and the name of the Prophet Mohammed’s daughter.
But the name “Fatima” is the slenderest evidence of some Muslim connection, given that the names slaves bore were often given by their owners, or by the men who ran the slave-markets, or by those who brought the slaves over from Africa by ship. Many slaves in America were given Biblical names, or names associated with ancient Rome, but that is hardly evidence of these slaves having any connection to the ancient Israelites or to ancient Rome.
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The documented history of an African-born carpenter at Mount Vernon known as Sambo Anderson suggests that he was a practicing Muslim…Sambo Anderson was described as having mahogany-colored skin, with high cheekbones, and a stout build. His face was marked by both tribal cuts and tattooing, and he wore gold rings in both ears. Interestingly, Sambo told several people that he was of royal birth, and that his father was a king.
What is it about the “documented history” of Sambo Anderson that “suggests he was a practicing Muslim”? In fact, there is nothing, but the writer keeps up a patter, piling on irrelevant details to make you think some connection to Islam has been made. Of what relevance to being a Muslim is the description of Sambo Anderson’s mahogany-covered skin, high cheekbones, and stout build? Mary Thompson also claims the name “Sambo” must be related to the West African name “Sambou,” and makes the further claim that that name was traditionally given to second sons by the Islamized Hausa tribe. But several authorities on names describe “Sambou” instead as a Hebrew diminutive of “Samuel.” Whom should we believe? Furthermore, she describes Sambo Anderson as having a tattoo on his face; ordinarily that would be evidence not for, but against his being a Muslim, given that in Sunni Islam permanent tattooing is forbidden, haram.
“Sambo told several people that he was of royal birth, and that his father was a king.”
Him and every other slave claimed they were sons of kings.
Well, I can see H->! being known as Fatmama. That’s close enough.
Had he been a muslim he would have been a Slaver, not a Slave in Africa.
We had no Muslims then.
[We had no Muslims then.]
GET INFORMED.
Was President truthful about Muslim history?!
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American historian WILLIAM FEDERER explains how Muslims overtake cultures...
Definition:
ISLAM: to submit
MUSLIMS: have submitted.
Muslim 3-Step Program:
* Religious - Immigrate to a country.
* Political - Increase in number.
* Militant - Eliminate those who oppose them.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?314071-10/book-discussion-every-american-needs-know-quran&buy
You believe what the left/ progressives are selling. I do recall Virginia, New York, Mass BAY plus the other 13 original colonies history. Perhaps you may recall Jonathan Edwards?
[Perhaps you may recall Jonathan Edwards?]
He’s one of my ancestors.
Interesting. I recall learning about his Puritan beliefs plus his sermons and books. His “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” was a call to repent. I believe it was in a history class that I learned about him. We lived in VA when I went through high school and college the first time prior to the Army. I recall Jamestown as we went through it from Hampton to Hargrave military academy in Chatham, VA. I believe the first slaves there besides indentured servants came from the Portuguese pirates? Seems they were tribe types from Angola?
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