On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Hans Franke wrote:
> Where? not necersary in Europe. Shure, Black haven't been as
> common on Amsterdam streets than today, but they have been known
> since ancient times.
The original 'black' people known in Northwest Europe were the Mores,
from the area that is now known as Spain. Only much later we saw the
people come in from African and Indian (wrong name for people from the
area now known as Indonedia) countries, partly as a result from the
many VOC trading ships bringing back people.
This wasnt until the late 1500's- until then, All Men Were White, or
so they thought. :)
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