Enslaved people were kidnapped from all across Africa, rare look at DNA from colonial cemetery reveals
When you purchase through links on our site , we may earn an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it works . People enslave during the eighteenth 100 in Charleston , South Carolina were kidnap from all across Africa and deny the chance to be buried with kin , a newDNAanalysis from a local burying ground has revealed . The finding , published Monday ( Jan. 9 ) in the journalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesby University of Connecticut anthropological geneticistRaquel Fleskesand colleagues , give decisive new info about the history of African - descended hoi polloi in colonial America ....