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The Genomic Legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Yungas Valley of Bolivia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Heinz Tanja, Cárdenas Jorge Mario, Álvarez-Iglesias Vanesa, Pardo-Seco Jacobo, Gómez-Carballa Alberto, Santos Carla, Taboada-Echalar Patricia, Martinón-Torres Federico, Salas Antonio
Abstract excerpt
During the period of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (TAST) some enslaved Africans were forced to move to Upper Peru (nowadays Bolivia). At first they were sent to Potosí, but later to the tropical Yungas valley where the Spanish colonizers established a so-called "hacienda system" that was based on slave labor, including African-descendants. Due to their isolation, very little attention has been paid so far to...
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