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2024-08-16 15:14:21 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
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Yes, disease and exploitation of the indigenous Taíno people spread due to European colonists. Hispaniola was then repopulated with African slaves by both Spanish & French colonists. This led to the predominantly Black populations of modern-day Haiti & the Dominican Republic. https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/frd/frdcstdy/do/dominicanrepubli00metz/dominicanrepubli00metz.pdf
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