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Beginning of contact between African speakers and British English

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African slaves were brought to the US and learned English mixed with African languages.

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Liberation of slaves in the US, which allowed the evolution of African-American English.

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African-American cultural boom; writers and musicians popularize the dialect in literature and jazz.

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Academic studies (such as those of William Labov) validate AAVE as a legitimate linguistic system.

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Educational proposal to recognize AAVE as a language in schools generates national debate.

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Terms like finna, bae and lit are going global via TikTok, Twitter, etc.