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Genetic impact of African slave trade revealed in DNA study
The study found, in line with the major slave route, that most Americans of African descent have roots in territories now located in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
What was surprising was the over-representation of Nigerian ancestry in the US and Latin America when compared with the recorded number of enslaved people from that region.
Image copyright REUTERS Image caption More than 12 million Africans were forcibly transported across the Atlantic to work as slaves
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Genetic impact of African slave trade revealed in DNA study
The study found, in line with the major slave route, that most Americans of African descent have roots in territories now located in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
What was surprising was the over-representation of Nigerian ancestry in the US and Latin America when compared with the recorded number of enslaved people from that region.
Genetic impact of African slave trade revealed
The consequences of rape, maltreatment, disease and racism are revealed by the findings.
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