Black Bermudians
Black Bermudians, African Bermudians, Afro-Bermudians or Bermudians of African descent, are Bermudians with any appreciable Black African ancestry. The population descends from Africans who arrived in Bermuda during the 17th century as indentured servants and slaves, mostly via Spanish, or former Spanish, territories or Spanish and other ships wrecked at Bermuda or captured by Bermuda-based privateers.
19th Century young Bermudian man | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Black Bermudian 45,000-37,500 Ancestral Diaspora 80,000-60,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Bermuda (UK) Approx. 37,500 | |
| United States | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Canada | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)a | |
| Bahamasa | ~10,000b |
| Languages | |
| Bermudian English | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| • Afro–Latin Americans • English people • African people • African Americans • Afro-Caribbean • Afro-Bahamian • Portuguese people • Afro-Portuguese people • Indigenous peoples of the Americas | |
a Ancestral Diaspora b Estimated aboriginal population All population figures are estimates | |
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