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Because of slavery, most African Americans don't know where they originated from so African American is the the most descriptive label you can get.



African-Americans with slave ancestry almost all come from West Africa I would think, as that was the shortest route for the European slave ships between Africa and the New World.


There are a number of African-Americans with Malgasy descent. It's true that the percentage would be small compared to the percentage of African that came from west Africa.


Many didn't go directly. For example Bristol, UK had around half a million slaves traded there.




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