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African slaves were in New World in 1500’s
Graves found near ruins of a colonial church in Mexico
Updated: 9:22 a.m. ET Jan. 31, 2006
WAUSAU, Wis. - Researchers have found the remains of African slaves in a
16th century Mexican graveyard, confirming historical accounts that
slavery began in the New World not long after Europeans conquered
Mexico, according to a new study.
The graves were discovered near the ruins of a colonial church in
Campeche, Mexico, a port city on the Yucatan Peninsula.
The authors of the study being released Tuesday say the remains are the
earliest physical evidence of slavery in North America.
University of Wisconsin-Madison anthropology professor T. Douglas Price,
who helped conduct the study, said the remains confirm historical
descriptions of the beginning of slavery in the New World.
“It underscores very vividly that in the Spanish world, slaves were
being brought into the colonies right from the very start,” said Matthew
Restall, a professor of colonial Latin American history at Penn State
University.
Details of the study will be published in an upcoming edition of the
American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
© 2006 The Associated Press
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