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.
