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Genetic impact of African slave trade revealed in DNA study - BBC A major DNA study has shed new light on the fate of millions of Africans who were traded as slaves to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries. More than 50,000 people took part in the study, which was able to identify...

How Enslaved Chefs Helped Shape American Cuisine - Smithsonian Magazine Black cooks created the feasts that gave the South its reputation for hospitality We need to forget about this so we can heal,” said an elderly white woman, as she left my lecture on the history of enslaved cooks and their...