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There is a rather interesting historical person called Hans Jonatan (19th century) who was an escaped slave from a Danish colony, fled to the danish fleet, foug
by belorn 1y ago
There is a rather interesting historical person called Hans Jonatan (19th century) who was an escaped slave from a Danish colony, fled to the danish fleet, fought in the Battle of Copenhagen, and then fled to live in Iceland. Because of the very small amount of immigration from people with West African ancestry to Iceland, Hans has been the subject of fairly extensive Genetic study that found around 800 descendants.
- philipkglass 1y agoThere have been a couple of Hacker News stories about Hans Jonatan that made the front page: "The DNA of Iceland's First Known Black Man, Recreated from Living Descendants" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16188715 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16188715 "A Trail Gone Cold" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41716963 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41716963