Short Answer Question Set

SOURCE #1

I knew several [people] who must have been, from what I have since learned, Mohamedans [Muslims]; though at that time, I had never heard of the religion of Mohamed. There was one man on this plantation … who prayed five times every day, always turning his face to the east, when in the performance of his devotion.

Charles Ball, Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, 1837.

1. Explain the connection between Source #1 and Source #2.

2. Explain one reason why Source #1 might exist in the United States despite a ban on international slave imports in 1808.

3. Explain one reason for the decline in number of slave exports after 1850.

https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/african-muslims-early-america