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Overview of the slave trade out of Africa (1500-1900) (i.imgur.com)

submitted 5 months ago by spiritedpause@sh.itjust.works to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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Source: https://www.slavevoyages.org/blog/overview-slave-trade-out-africa

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[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Pretty much. Brazil is a huge hodgepodge of different ethnicities from all continents, more so than any other country in America, and its black population traces it's roots to the slave trade.

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

Pardo Brazilians (the majority) are 0.236 African according to https://web.archive.org/web/20140522233206/http://www.laboratoriogene.com.br/geneImprensa/2009/pensamento.pdf