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Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin
Admittedly I had no idea of the history of Argentina's African population, however, their relatively small numbers today never struck me as odd. The countries in the Americas with historically large black populations are those where the plantation economy flourished - which for many (Canada, Northern US, Mexico, Chile, etc) was never the case. I'd have otherwise assumed that was the case for Argentina as well.
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Even before post war migration, I don't think places like Canada and the northern United States were as completely devoid of black people as Argentina is today. Honestly, the reason I looked up the history is because I've been there several times and it always strikes me as weird that there seem to be none living there. I can probably count using my fingers the number of people with visible African ancestry that I've encountered on all of my trips put together. I saw far more black people in Tokyo.