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Genetic Consequences of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Americas.
American journal of human genetics - 6 Aug 2020
Micheletti Steven J, Bryc Kasia, Ancona Esselmann Samantha G, Freyman William A, Moreno Meghan E, Poznik G David, Shastri Anjali J, Beleza Sandra, Mountain Joanna L
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According to historical records of transatlantic slavery, traders forcibly deported an estimated 12.5 million people from ports along the Atlantic coastline of Africa between the 16th and 19th centuries, with global impacts reaching to the present day, more than a century and a half after slavery's abolition. Such records have fueled a broad understanding of the forced migration from Africa to the Americas yet...
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