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    DNA from 200-year-old pipe sheds light on life of enslaved African woman

    US archaeologists trace roots of woman to modern-day Sierra Leone as part of ongoing ancestry research
    by Martin Pengelly Mar 17, 2019 2 minutes
    ‘As soon as people stepped on those slave ships in Africa ... that identity was lost,’ said the study’s chief archeologist. Pictured: The ‘Raise Up’ statute at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Alabama. Photograph: Brynn Anderson/AP

    Archaeologists used DNA taken from a broken clay pipe stem found in Maryland to build a picture of an enslaved woman who died around 200 years ago and had origins in modern-day Sierra Leone. One researcher called the work “a mind-blower”.

    “In this particular context,.

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