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African Americans also referred to as Black Americans or Afro Americans are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.The term typically refers to descendants of enslaved black people who are from the United States.As a compound adjective, the term is usually hyphenated as African American.

Most African Americans are descendants of enslaved peoples within the boundaries of the present United States. African-American history starts in the 16th century, with peoples from West Africa forcibly taken as slaves to Spanish America, and in the 17th century with West African slaves taken to English colonies in North America