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& that relationship wasn’t just between the nations’ leaders or governments. It also made it much more possible for Moroccans to immigrate to the US, & they did so, creating striking & inspiring communities like the “Moorish” (Moroccan) American community in 1780s Charleston, South Carolina.

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As I highlighted in this @cnn.com column inspired by my book We the People, that Revolutionary-era South Carolina Moroccan American community wasn’t just groundbreaking in its presence. It also likely influenced the most radical part of the U.S. Constitution + www.cnn.com/2019/07/20/o...

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I miss CNN Opinion as a place to publish on humanities issues.

Ответ для Paula Krebs

+ Article VI's “no religious test” clause. That clause was drafted by Charles Pinckney, Charleston native & cousin of the judge who would rule in favor of the Moroccan American community’s citizenship rights in the 1790 Moors Sundry Act. This was a prominent & influential Muslim American community.

Ответ для Ben Railton

So from our earliest Revolutionary moments to our founding era, leaders, & documents, as well as our evolving ideals & identity alike, Morocco & Moroccan Americans have played key roles. Pretty cool to get to root for them here in our 250th anniversary week!

Ответ для Ben Railton

I thought of the story of the Sultan intervening on behalf of an enslaved man: mississippitoday.org/2025/10/27/n...

Natchez honors ‘Prince Among Slaves’ - Mississippi TodayNatchez has unveiled a historical marker honoring an African prince sold into slavery and freed 40 years later.mississippitoday.org