Brief History of Ceuta and Melilla Autonomous Cities of Spain

Moorish History on Instagram: "In 1415, Portugal invaded Ceuta on the coast of Morocco. The people who defended the city were Black Moors — African Moroccans with deep ties to the Maghreb and the Sahel. Portuguese chroniclers themselves recorded the capture and enslavement of these Moors and their forced transport across the sea. This moment became one of the earliest links in the developing Atlantic slave trade, decades before the first ships crossed to the Americas. This history was not erased

Prince Henry the Navigator