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What terms to Azurara and the Portuguese use to refer to the enslaved captives?

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The Portuguese writer Gomes Eannes de Azurara describes African people as “negroes,” Portuguese for “Black people.” However, he notes their different skin colors, ranging from light to dark, which he associates with them being “fair” or “ugly.” He also mentions the status of all Africans as “Moors,” the common Iberian term for North Africans or Muslims. He also compares them to “beasts.”

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