I wrote this information on the above post
My
study of history revealed the African "Moors" had already been here,
in Spain & worldwide, for centuries. That part of history is left out. It
was said that upon arrival, Columbus said "They (Blacks) were already
here". We know the Indigenous People were already here. I am sharing the type of history I studied about the subject. You might recognized the material I share here from history sources.
The Moors were initially of Berber and Arab
descent, though the term was later applied to Africans, Iberian
Christian converts to Islam, and people of mixed ancestry. As early as
the Middle Ages, “Moors were commonly viewed as being mostly black or very swarthy, and hence the word is often used for negro,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary of African American English.
The Moors were the nomadic inhabitants of the North African continent. They invaded the Iberian peninsula in 711,
defeating the Visigoths, and established their rule for almost 800
years. The Moorish empire included most of Spain and Portugal; the Moors
attempted to invade France as well.
Who were the Moors and what did they do? Of mixed Arab, Spanish, and Amazigh (Berber) origins, the Moors
created the Islamic Andalusian civilization and subsequently settled as
refugees in the Maghreb (in the region of North Africa) between the
11th and 17th centuries.
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