Where Did Slaves In The United States Originate From?
| Ethnic Groups | Origins (Modern Countries) | Percent of American Slaves | 
| Kongo and Mbundu | Angola, DR Congo, Republic of the Congo | 25% | 
| Bamileke, Bubi, Ibibio, Igbo, and Tikar | Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and Nigeria | 22% | 
| Mende and Temne | Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone | 15% | 
| Fula, Mandinka, and Wolof | Gambia, Mauritania, and Senegal | 14% | 
| Akan and Fon | Benin, Ghana, and Ivory Coast | 13% | 
| Kru and Mande | Ivory Coast, Liberia, and Sierra Leone | 5% | 
| Allada, Ewe, Mahi, and Yoruba | Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo | 4% | 
| Makua and Malagasy | Madagascar, Mozambique, and Tanzania | 2% | 
					
				Ancestral Homelands Of Slaves In The United States
The majority of slaves forcibly shipped into Colonial America and the early U.S. came from West and Central Africa.
				
	
 