African-American New Yorkers are residents of the U.S. state of
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
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who are of
African American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...
ancestry. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, African-Americans were 17.6% of the state's population. New York has the third largest African American population of any state in the United States, after Texas and Georgia. Black people were brought to the state during the slave trade when New York was a Dutch colony.
Corporate Slavery in New Netherland
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See also
* African Americans in New York City
African Americans constitute one of the longer-running ethnic presences in New York City, home to the largest urban African American population, and the world's largest Black population of any city outside Africa, by a significant margin.
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* History of slavery in New York (state)
The enslavement of African people in the United States continued in New York as part of the Dutch slave trade. The Dutch West India Company imported eleven African slaves to New Amsterdam in 1626, with the first slave auction held in New Amsterdam ...
* Demographics of New York (state)
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2020, New York was the third largest state in population after California and Texas, with a population of 20,201,249 , an increase of over 400,000 people, or 2.1%, since the year 2000. The population ...
* List of African-American newspapers in New York
References
External links
The African American Presence in New York State History: Four Regional History Surveys : with a Selected List of African American Historic Sites for Each RegionThe Forgotten History of Slavery in New YorkAfrican Presence in New York
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