For interest, a fascinating+important article by Andrew Wilson on Saharan & trans-Saharan trade in the Roman period: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0067270X.2012.727614 …
Indeed :) I have a brief blog post with a map of Roman finds across the whole of W Africa in the works :)
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So it's probable there were Black people in N. Africa-- slaves, freedmen, traders; & the Garamantians had lots contact with SubSaharan world
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So a Mauretanian auxiliary or an equestrian praefectus from Tripolitania could easily have a Black ancestor, and the BBC cartoon is fine
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and, as I wrote earlier, such a man would be typical *of the Roman empire in Britain*. We're cool !
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Well, the data from York, London & Leicester def interesting in this regard :) For additional interest, see alsohttps://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/758742518175440898 …
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