"The Beydanes, also known as
White Moors, are the ruling caste in Mauritania. They are Arab Berber tribesmen whose ancestors established control in the seventeenth century. The Haratin, also known as
Black Moors, are the descendants of black West Africans conquered and enslaved by the Beydanes centuries ago." from the New Yorker story,
A Slave in New York, about a former slave who escaped in 1978, came to live in America and now works with the
American Anti-Slavery Group.
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posted by nickyskye
on Feb 6, 2009 -
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