What is Romani Americans?
{{Infobox ethnic group |group = Romani people in the United States<br/>''Roma Americans'' <br> ''Romani Americans'' | population =est. 1,000,000 |popplace = [[Los Angeles]], [[San Francisco]], [[New York City]], [[Chicago]], [[Boston]], [[Atlanta]], [[Dallas]], [[Houston]], [[Seattle]], and [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] as well as in rural areas in [[Texas]] and [[Arkansas]] |rels = [[Christianity]], [[Islam]] |langs = [[American English]], [[Romani language|Romani]] |related = |image = Portland Roma camp 1905.jpeg }} '''Romani Americans''' are people in the [[United States]] who are [[Roma people|Romani]]. Their ancestors mainly came to the [[United States]] from [[Eastern Europe]] during the 19th and 20th centuries. It is estimated that there are one million Romani people in the United States. They are also known as American Gypsies. ==History== Spain shipped Romani slaves to [[Louisiana]]. An Afro-Romani community exists in St. Martin Parish due to intermarriage of freed Africans and Romani slaves. Romanichal and British Roma were enslaved in the Southern United States. Massive Roma migration from Europe began in the nineteenth century. Most were Romanichal. Many resided in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. They were mostly horse traders.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EJfrLhHyjM8C&pg=PA115|page=115|title=Emerging Voices: Experiences of Underrepresented Asian Americans}}</ref> ==Groups== They are different Roma groups in the USA, with different religions. Majority are Christian Dasikane Roma (Roma Gypsy has nothing to do with Romanians) from Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Spain, and few Muslim [[Xoraxane Roma]] from former Ex-[[Yugoslavia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b4HXBjPPAoEC&dq=Rom+Xoraxai+(Muslim+Gypsies)+from+the+former+Yugoslavia+have.&pg=PT366|title=Gypsy Law: Romani Legal Traditions and Culture|year=2001}}</ref> ==Settlements== The Roma are concentrated in large cities such [[Chicago]] and [[Los Angeles]] and states such as [[New York (state)