Afro-Jamaicans
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afro-jamaicans-205-14563661
title:
Afro-Jamaicans
text:
Afro-Jamaicans are Jamaicans of predominantly African descent. They represent the largest ethnic group in the country. The ethnogenesis of the Black Jamaican people stemmed from the Atlantic slave trade of the 16th century, when enslaved Africans were transported as slaves to Jamaica and other parts of the Americas. During the period of British rule, slaves brought to Jamaica by European slave traders were primarily Akan, some of whom ran away and joined with Jamaican Maroons and even took over
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Racial or ethnic group in Jamaica
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Jamaicans
date created:
2008-06-06T18:14:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T22:39:11Z
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