DNA analyses show St Helena's 'liberated' Africans came from West Central Africa between northern Angola and Gabon

Between 1840 and 1867, thousands of enslaved Africans who had been “liberated” from slave ships intercepted by the British Royal Navy were taken to the South Atlantic island of St Helena. But little is written in history books or otherwise known about the lives of these individuals.


Click here for original story, DNA analyses show St Helena’s ‘liberated’ Africans came from West Central Africa between northern Angola and Gabon


Source: Phys.org