Editing Americas (section)

===Black population===
[[File:Slavery in Brazil, by Jean-Baptiste Debret (1768-1848).jpg|thumb|300px|''Slavery in Brazil'' by [[Jean-Baptiste Debret]] (1834–1839)]]

The transatlantic slave trade brought millions of Africans to the territories of the Americas under the colonial rule of European powers. In South America, [[Portuguese Empire|Portugal]] played a significant role in the trafficking of enslaved Africans, with estimates suggesting that around 40% of all Africans forcibly brought to the Americas were taken to Brazil alone, to work primarily in sugar cane plantations, mining, and agricultural endeavors.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rawley |first1=James A. |title=The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A History}}</ref> In North America, the [[British Empire]] was heavily involved in the transatlantic slave trade, with the establishment of colonies such as Virginia, where enslaved Africans were primarily used as labor in tobacco plantations and later in other agricultural and domestic sectors. This system perpetuated for centuries, shaping the socio-economic landscape of all nations of the hemisphere.

After the [[Haitian Revolution]] led by [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]], which started in 1791 and was the only successful slave revolt in history, the world's first black republic was established. It started with the massacre of the white population, between 3,000 and 5,000 white men and women of all ages were killed. Dessalines declared:
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	| Oui, nous avons rendu à ces vrais cannibales guerre pour guerre, crimes pour crimes, outrages pour outrages.<br> Oui, j’ai sauvé mon pays, j’ai vengé l’Amérique.
	| Yes, we have rendered to these true cannibals war for war, crime for crime, outrage for outrage;<br> Yes, I have saved my country – I have avenged America.
	| Dessalines, first president of the Republic of Haiti, 1804<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ardouin |first1=Beaubrun |title=Étude sur l'histoire d'Haïti. Vol. 6 |date=1853 |pages=66–67 |url=https://archive.org/details/tudessurlhisto06ardo/page/66/mode/2up}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://haitidoi.com/2013/08/02/i-have-avenged-america/|title=I Have Avenged America|author=Julia Gaffield, PhD|date=August 2, 2013 }}</ref>
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