Robert Sengstacke Ab­bott   APRIL 30 711 AD—Tarik the Moor invades Spain with force of 7,000 troops, routs the Visigoths and estab­lishes Moor domination of Spain. While there remains some dispute over Tarik’s race, the weight of the evidence is strong that he was a Black man. He was described in accounts of the time … Continued

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Robert Sengstacke Ab­bott   APRIL 30 711 AD—Tarik the Moor invades Spain with force of 7,000 troops, routs the Visigoths and estab­lishes Moor domination of Spain. While there remains some dispute over Tarik’s race, the weight of the evidence is strong that he was a Black man. He was described in accounts of the time … Continued

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