Blackamoors

Blackamoors

Blackamoors may refer to:

* Blackamoor, a device in heraldry
* Blackamoor (jewelry), a type of jewelry
* , slang for a dark skinned person
* Blackamoor, a small fish also called a black tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi)
* Blackamoors (sculpture), sculptures of Negro figures
* Moors, Muslims of Spain and North Africa


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