Tracing the origins of St Helena’s liberated Africans

Xueye Wang, Judy Watson, Helena Bennett, Andrew Pearson, Geoff M. Nowell, Joanne Peterkin, Kate Robson Brown, Alistair Pike, Jason Laffoon, Vicky M. Oelze, Hannes Schroeder

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DOI: 10.1126/science.aeb3661
Published: 2026-07-16
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Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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@article{allodium:10.1126/science.aeb3661,
  title = {Tracing the origins of St Helena’s liberated Africans},
  author = {Xueye Wang and Judy Watson and Helena Bennett and Andrew Pearson and Geoff M. Nowell and Joanne Peterkin and Kate Robson Brown and Alistair Pike and Jason Laffoon and Vicky M. Oelze and Hannes Schroeder},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Science},
  doi = {10.1126/science.aeb3661},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aeb3661}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Tracing the origins of St Helena’s liberated Africans
AU  - Xueye Wang
AU  - Judy Watson
AU  - Helena Bennett
AU  - Andrew Pearson
AU  - Geoff M. Nowell
AU  - Joanne Peterkin
AU  - Kate Robson Brown
AU  - Alistair Pike
AU  - Jason Laffoon
AU  - Vicky M. Oelze
AU  - Hannes Schroeder
PY  - 2026
JO  - Science
DO  - 10.1126/science.aeb3661
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Wang, X., Watson, J., Bennett, H., Pearson, A., Nowell, G. M., Peterkin, J., Brown, K. R., Pike, A., Laffoon, J., Oelze, V. M., & Schroeder, H. (2026). Tracing the origins of St Helena’s liberated Africans. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aeb3661

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