Some of the Tainos married with Spanish and Africans so they still exist to some extent today. Most of the Tainos died because of disease but there were a few who survived. The genes of those who survived are now probably mixed with the genes of others since their numbers were too little to create a Taino population again.
<span>Some of the Tainos married with Spanish and Africans so they still exist. The few survivors intermarried with other ethnic groups.</span><span />
The "Emancipation Proclamation" issued by President Lincoln as the Civil War came to a close declared slaves were to be freed throughout the entire US.
