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Michelle Bryant: “90% of black folks that came to this country came as…”

Featuring: Michelle Bryant, Democratic | Former Candidate, Wisconsin State Senate District 6

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SAY SOMETHING REAL WITH MICHELLE BRYANT Feb. 11

Published | Video Starts at 1:53:33

I appreciate that, but we just got to be clear. I don't have exact percentage, but I'm gonna step out on a limb. 90. And I think that's still might be too low. 90% of black folks that came to this country came as enslaved people. And we can connect them to, you know, the transatlantic slave trade. I. I think that that's fair to be able to say that probably about 90% came that way. (1:53:33–1:53:38)

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Asserts that 90% of black people who came to the U.S. were enslaved.

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