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More than 12 million Africans were by force transported throughout the Atlantic to work as servants.
More than 50,000 people took part in the research study, which was able to determine more details of the “hereditary impact” the trade has actually had on present-day populations in the Americas.
More than 12.5 m Africans were traded between 1515 and the mid-19 th Century.
Steven Micheletti, a population geneticist at 23 andMe told AFP news agency that the aim was to compare the hereditary outcomes with the manifests of servant ships “to see how they agreed and how they disagree”.
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The research study found, in line with the major servant path, that many Americans of African descent have roots in areas now located in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Cong