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What percentage of white people in the US are descendants of African slave owners?
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∙ 10y ago
Very Very Low percent, proabably under 10 percent, The magority of whites came here as immigrants and lost their lives and limbs in Coal Mines in the early 1900's, it was not Slave labor but as close as you can get to it.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 9y agoBased on the US Census of 2010, the Afro-American population is approximately 12.5% of Americans. It's a safe bet that 98% of that population are descended from American slavery that existed until 1865. There is a small percentage of Black Americans who arrived in the US after the US Civil War.
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