“Moor” came to mean anyone who was Muslim or had dark skin; occasionally, Europeans would distinguish between “blackamoors” and “white Moors.” One of the most famous mentions of …

When some Moors (Black African conquerors in Spain) converted to Christianity, they took on Christian names and their last name would be ‘the black’ like Kenneth The Black. The …

Answer (1 of 25): No, the Moors were not Black or White people (non-existent social constructs). The Moors were North African Muslims, predominantly Berber people, some Arabs and some …

The 16th century scholar Leo Africanus (c. 1494–1554) identified the Moors ( Mauri) as the native Berber inhabitants of the former Roman Africa Province ( Roman Africans ). He described …

Of course there were black muslims, nobody here is saying otherwise. But the word moor does not have an ethnic or racial meaning. Through history it has been used to name the …

The Moor's origins in Spain begin here when North African Moors were conquered by the Islamic empire and agreed to help begin an invasion of Europe. During Roman times, Moors was a …

However, by the time Robinson Crusoe was published in 1719, the moors are no longer described as black. Throughout Robinson Crusoe there’s a distinction made between …

The Moors were not blacks. Blacks come from sub-Saharan Africa. Moors came from north of the Sahara (northwest Africa). Really? From the 16th Century drawing, From 1283 A tapestry …

However, an even greater misconception is that the Moors were “Black”, when they were actually mostly Caucasian Berbers. Whatever few Blacks the Moors may have used as slaves …

Oct 07, 2013 · Author and historian Chancellor Williams said “the original Moors, like the original Egyptians, were black Africans.” The 16th century English playwright William Shakespeare …