The Long History of African and Caribbean People in Britain
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Did the Romans Care Less About Skin Pigmentation Than Later Cultures?
Do you think the Romans, did they care about skin pigmentation less than subsequent cultures and societies in our history? I would say probably yes to use a generalisation. In Roman times and earlier times that relationship between Europe and Africa didn't exist. When Europeans first went to Africa in later centuries, the end of the 15th century, they went to Africa because they thought that Africans were probably wealthy. And also southern Europeans, the Spanish support to gays had 700 or 800 years experience of being ruled by people, many of whom were African. So I think Europeans in general thought about Africa in different ways centuries ago.
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