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According to an article at LiveScience, researchers have discovered the remains of, probably, the first African slaves in the ‘New World’:

The remains, in a colonial era graveyard in one of the oldest European cities in Mexico, date between the late-16th century and the mid-17th century, not long after Columbus first set foot in the Americas.

Amazing how they can deduce such things from bones which are hundreds of years old:

The African origin of the slaves was determined by studying a chemical in their tooth enamel that reveals plant and rock types of their native land. The chemical enters the body through the food chain as nutrients pass from bedrock through soil and water to plants and animals. It is an indelible signature of birthplace, the researchers said, because it can be directly linked to the bedrock of specific locales.

History, Slavery, Africa, America