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The African diaspora in the Americas: Black, Black African ancestry; Brown, Black African & European ancestry; Wine-red, Multiracial. By far, Brazil received the largest number of Africans as slaves.

(Map provided by Francisco Lizcano.  African Diaspora, Wikimedia Commons)