Beck Claims Muslims Were 40 to 50 Percent of Early American Slaves

What was said

"40 to 50% of African Americans were Muslim before they were brought here and sold into slavery to pick the cotton of the South. They've been here since the first slave stepped foot on this soil from those nations."

Beck Lover claimed on Dropping Bombs podcast that Muslims constituted 40-50% of enslaved Africans brought to America, predating the founding of the nation itself. He used this historical claim to counter narratives that Muslims are foreign to American identity, arguing they have been present since colonial times. The assertion challenges mainstream understanding of early American religious demographics.