African Skeletons From Early Colonial Mexico Tell The Story Of First-Generation Slaves

Eurasia Review

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African Skeletons From Early Colonial Mexico Tell The Story Of First-Generation Slaves

Eurasia Review

Published 04 May 2020

Five centuries after Charles I of Spain authorized the transport of the first African slaves to the Viceroyalty of New Spain, the ancestry of the hundreds of thousands of abducted and enslaved people forms an integral part of the genetic and cultural heritage of the Americas. The origins and experiences of those enslaved...

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