Consumer genetics company 23andMe has shed some new light on the consequences of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.<br />Its new study reveals the scale at which enslaved black women were raped by their white masters.<br />The gene pool biases toward enslaved African women and European men signal generations of rape and sexual exploitation against enslaved women.<br />According to CNN, the study also covered the less-documented slave trade that occurred within the Americas.<br />For the most part, the DNA was consistent with historical documents. However, far more people in the Americas have Nigerian ancestry than expected.<br />That's most likely a reflection of the intercolonial slave trade between the British Caribbean and other parts of the Americas between 1619 and 1807.<br />Once enslaved Africans arrived in the Americas, many were put on new ships and transported to other regions.
