From 1668 to 1829, 145,000 people were shipped from the slave trading port at St. Louis, Senegal. From 1668 to 1843, 126,000 people were shipped from the slave trading port of Bissau on the coast of modern-day Guinea Bissau, West Africa. These are the lands where Fula/Fulani people were living. From these two slave trading ports, 6,400 people were brought to the Gulf Coast, 10,000 people were brought to the port at Charleston, South Carolina, 4,500 people were brought to Chesapeake, and 1,400 people were brought to New York. In addition, 85,800 people were brought to the Islands of the West Indies.

If you are a Fula/Fulani descendant living in America today, the most likely scenario is that your Fula ancestor was one of those people. To assist in facilitating the repair of that rift created within the Fula people of Guinea Bissau, the Fula History and Genealogy Society in America was established as a 501c3 organization. There are a lot of Fula descendants scattered throughout the United States. Working together, we can reconnect with our culture, teach our children their heritage, and build community together with our Fula family that are concentrated today in Guinea Bissau.