Memo
The genetic history of South America’s Afro-American populations: the emblematic case of the “Noirs Marrons” [Maroons, descendants of runaway slaves from Africa] in French Guiana and Suriname
Several historical sources attest that between 1526 and 1875 approximately seven million Africans were displaced to South America as slaves. While we have documents indicating the ports they left from, we still do not know with certainty which countries they came from within Africa and the degree to which the slaves and their descendants mixed with the surrounding populations.
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