Chagossians
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chagossians-203-8367509
title:
Chagossians
text:
The Chagossians are an Afro-Asian ethnic group originating from freed African slaves brought to the Chagos Islands, specifically Diego Garcia, Peros Banhos, and the Salomon island chain, in the late 18th century as well as people of Asian descent. Under international law, they are the indigenous people of the Chagos archipelago. Most Chagossians now live in Mauritius and the United Kingdom after being forcibly removed by the British government in the late 1960s and early 1970s so that Diego Garc
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Ethnic classification for the pre-1969 inhabitants of the Chagos Islands
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagossians
date created:
2004-06-15T16:10:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T16:12:05Z
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13
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