African Americans in North Carolina

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African-American North Carolinians or Black North Carolinians are residents of the state of North Carolina who are of African ancestry. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, African Americans were 22% of the state's population.^[3] African enslaved people were brought to North Carolina during the slave trade.^[4]