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Re:UK to hand over Chagos back to Mauritius by MrsPeaches on Friday November 04, 2022 @10:21AM (#33467137)
> majority of extant population

Indo - 66% Afro - 28%

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Mauritius

This is common breakdown of places that were slave colonies that needed labour after the end of slavery during Empire (e.g. Guyana, Surinam).

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Re:UK to hand over Chagos back to Mauritius by easytiger on Friday November 04, 2022 @10:29AM (#33467293)
That is indeed what i said. And contrary to the previous point
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Re:UK to hand over Chagos back to Mauritius by npinterview on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:19PM (#33470334)
It should be noted that these replacements were also bonded labourers, which is just PC slavery.
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