What was the name the Moors used to describe their nationality?

Submitted by Sandra Blackwell (United States), May 14, 2015 at 10:24

The term Moor , is what the European called these Islamic African Blacks... I want to know what did these people call themselves and why is that information so hard to come by. We call ourselves African American today, because we don't know our national origins and under the mistakenly idea we were brought here on slave ships from Africa. I understand what Noble Drew Ali was attempting to do,but with limited resources back then, I think the task was a daunting one. regardless of the ancestral roots , the displaced Africans of Spain regardless of their religion or lanquage, or physical appearance , and because of the fact they were inhabitants of that region for almost 1000 years , are for all intents and purposes Spaniards . The displaced Muslims, which in all probability were the orphaned muslim and Moorish christian children of the displaced ( murdered Moors) were exiled to the Spanish Caribbean colonies of the Americas and made slaves.. many of which were sold to european whites under the guise of being captured africans,and which I believe the majority of black people in this country are the descendants of ... that would make us Spanish/Caribbean Americans of African heritage... or Black Spanish Caribbean Americans... or Black Amarucans... Amaruca being the name the native peoples called "discovered " countries of North America.

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