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However, before those results are addressed enthnographical/historical information on the following topics are discussed: African societies from which most African Americans came, the middle passage, the African diaspora once Africans reached the Americas, and African American relationships with Native Americans during and after slavery as well as African American interaction with Asian populations in what is now the United States. 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