Blackamoor

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For the people known as Blackamoors, see Moors. For the figure in heraldry, see Maure, for jewelry see Blackamoor (jewelry). For the archaic racial category see Moors (meaning).

"Blackamoor" is an archaic and often offensive term for a dark-skinned person, especially a person from northern Africa. [1] It is/was wider in meaning than specifically a Moor or person from Morocco.

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