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Wildmen and the Moors

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The Wildmen and the Moors — The Hidden Battle for Civilization

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“Wake up! The story they told us about Europe is not the whole truth.”

Across Europe, for centuries, myths spoke of wild men — hairy creatures who lived in the woods, swinging clubs, half man, half beast.
But what if these legends weren’t myths at all…
What if they were memories?

The Forgotten Artifact

In the archives of old Germany, a single tapestry survived the flames of war and censorship.
A 15th-century masterpiece known as “The Wildmen and the Moors.”
Hidden for centuries, nearly seized by Nazi officials, this tapestry tells a story that turns European history upside down.

It shows a siege — not of knights and dragons, but of a fortress under attack by pale, hairy wildmen.
And defending that fortress?
Dark-skinned Moorish royals — the Black kings and queens of medieval Europe.

The Wildmen: Shadows from the Edge of the World

Who were these Wildmen?

Old travelogues describe them as shaggy beings from the far north and far south — “men from beyond the poles.”
Some 19th-century explorers even believed they came from Antarctica, from the land of eternal ice.

Covered head to toe in hair, living naked in the forest, they were seen as soulless savages — men who had lost their humanity.
To medieval society, they symbolized everything civilization feared: chaos, wilderness, and the loss of divine order.

The Moors: Keepers of Light and Knowledge

Now look to the defenders.
In the same tapestry, the Moors — the dark-skinned royals — stand as symbols of order, science, and grace.
Crowned, bejeweled, and dressed in royal robes, they fight to protect their citadel from invasion.

These were the rulers of Europe before the great rewriting — the builders of cathedrals, the scholars of navigation, the founders of cities.
Spain, France, England, Germany — all once guided by Black dynasties whose legacy would later be erased or repainted.

The Siege of Civilization

The tapestry’s imagery reverses Europe’s familiar symbols:
The pale Wildmen are the destroyers; the dark Moors are the civilized defenders.
Arrows fly from the battlements. Drums echo from the towers.
The Black King and Queen look out from the window, calm yet defiant, while hordes of wild invaders swarm below.

It’s more than a battle scene — it’s a mirror of what truly happened across the continent.
A war of erasure.

The Renaissance — The Great Rewriting

According to this interpretation, when the Wildmen triumphed, Europe was remade in their image.
The destruction of the old Black kingdoms was followed by a “rebirth” — the Renaissance.
But what was reborn wasn’t civilization… it was illusion.

Books were burned. Portraits repainted. Black monarchs were replaced with pale imitations.
Architecture that could not be destroyed was claimed by the invaders.
And history itself was rewritten to hide the truth of who had built the world that came before.

The Tapestry as Testimony

That is why The Wildmen and the Moors matters.
It’s not just art — it’s evidence.
A silent witness that survived the centuries, whispering of a time when the roles of “civilized” and “savage” were reversed.

Its rediscovery after World War II was more than coincidence.
It was revelation — the return of a forgotten voice from the old world.

Echoes of the Wildmen

Even today, the memory lingers.
Across Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia, villagers still wear shaggy costumes and run through the streets as “Wildmen.”
Most think it’s just a folk ritual — a winter carnival.
But to those who know, it’s a reenactment of an ancient memory — the echo of that same invasion that changed the face of Europe.

The Truth Buried, the Truth Revealed

The story of the Wildmen and the Moors is more than a myth.
It’s a reminder.
That history can be rewritten, but truth always leaves traces — in art, in symbols, and in the memories that refuse to die.

So when you hear the word “Renaissance,” remember:
It may not have been a rebirth at all,
but the cover-up of an entire world that came before.

“They destroyed the evidence.
But the truth survived in the threads of a tapestry —
waiting for us to look again.”

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Unmasking the Hidden Faces of Nobility

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Unmasking the Hidden Faces of Nobility: The “Black” and “Brown” Lords of Early Modern England

Source: John Macky, Memoirs of the Secret Services of the Reigns of King William, Queen Anne, and King George I (1733 edition and later printings)

When most people picture Britain’s nobles of the 1600s and 1700s, they imagine powdered wigs and porcelain faces. Yet the eyewitness record tells a different story. In his Memoirs, political observer John Macky described the most powerful men in the kingdom — dukes, bishops, admirals, and royal sons — using plain words that today sound revolutionary: black, brown, swarthy, and tawny.

What emerges is a hidden portrait of Britain’s leadership, centuries before race was rewritten into myth.

The “Black” Nobility of Britain

Sidney, Lord Godolphin (†1712) — The Lord High Treasurer of England, “of a very black and stern countenance.” Macky praised his intellect, steady temperament, and mastery of finance (Memoirs, p. 7).

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Daniel Finch, Earl of Nottingham — A “tall, thin, very black man, like a Spaniard or Jew,” formal and austere, a churchman and staunch Tory (Memoirs, p. 15).

Charles Seymour, Duke of Somerset — Middle stature, “very black complexion,” a lover of music and poetry (Memoirs, p. 22).

John Holles, Duke of Newcastle — Described as a “black, ruddy complexioned man,” one of the richest landowners in England (Memoirs, p. 28).

Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond — Son of King Charles II; “black complexion, much like King Charles.” (Memoirs, p. 34).

George Fitzroy, Duke of Northumberland — Also a son of Charles II, “a tall black man, like his father the King.” (Memoirs, p. 36).

Charles Beauclerk, Duke of St. Albans — “Black complexion, not so tall as the Duke of Northumberland, yet very like King Charles.” (Memoirs, p. 39).

Charles Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton — Grandson of Charles II, “a tall black man, about twenty-five years old.” (Memoirs, p. 41).

Basil Fielding, Earl of Denbigh — “Tall, fat, very black, and turned of forty.” (Memoirs, p. 45).

Earl of Kingston (Pierpoint family) — A “black complexion, well made, not forty years old.” (Memoirs, p. 47).

Dr. John Sharp, Archbishop of York — “A black man… one of the greatest ornaments of the Church of England.” (Memoirs, p. 51).

Mr. Methuen, Ambassador to Portugal — A “tall, black man… much of a Spaniard in manners.” (Memoirs, p. 55).

William Johnston, Marquis of Annandale — “Tall, lusty, and well-shaped, with a very black complexion.” (Memoirs, p. 59).

William Kerr, Marquis of Lothian — “Very handsome, black, with a fine eye.” (Memoirs, p. 61).

Lord Belhaven (Hamilton branch) — “A rough, fat, black, noisy man, more like a clown than a lord.” (Memoirs, p. 63).

Charles Middleton, Earl of Middleton — “A black man… one of the pleasantest companions in the world.” (Memoirs, p. 66).

John Drummond, Earl of Melfort — “Tall, black, stoops in the shoulders, thin.” (Memoirs, p. 69).

Lord Forbes — “Good-natured gentleman, very tall and black.” (Memoirs, p. 72).

Across class and continent, Macky used the same description again and again — black. Not metaphorically, not politically — physically.

The “Brown,” “Swarthy,” and “Tawny” Gentlemen

Below the “very black” entries are dozens of nobles and officers described as brown-complexioned. Their ranks include England’s intellectuals, admirals, and parliamentarians.

John Sheffield, Duke of Buckinghamshire — “Brown complexion, sour lofty look.” (Memoirs, p. 75).
Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester — “Well-shaped, brown complexion.” (Memoirs, p. 78).
William Cavendish, Marquis of Hartington — “Brown complexion, taller than middle stature.” (Memoirs, p. 80).
John Lord Somers — “Middle stature, brown complexion.” (Memoirs, p. 82).
Algernon Capell, Earl of Essex — “Well-bred, brown-complexioned, well-shaped.” (Memoirs, p. 85).
Earl of Feversham (Duras family) — “Middle-statured brown man.” (Memoirs, p. 87).
George Neville, Lord Abergavenny — “Little brown man, very lovely.” (Memoirs, p. 90).
Robert Sutton, Lord Lexington — “Handsome, of a brown complexion.” (Memoirs, p. 92).
Nevil Lord Lovelace — “Short, fat, brown man.” (Memoirs, p. 94).
Ford Lord Grey of Werk — “Thin, brown, handsome man.” (Memoirs, p. 96).
Richard Boyle, Earl of Scarborough — “Handsome man, of a brown complexion.” (Memoirs, p. 98).
Sir George Rooke — “Stern-looked man, brown complexion, well-shaped.” (Memoirs, p. 101).
James Vernon — “Tall, thin, brown-complexioned, with an Austrian lip.” (Memoirs, p. 103).
Col. Matthew Aylmer — “Handsome in person, a brown man.” (Memoirs, p. 106).
Andrew Fletcher of Salton — “Low, thin, brown complexion, full of fire.” (Memoirs, p. 108).
Earl of Arrol (Haye family) — “Brown complexion, middle stature.” (Memoirs, p. 110).

Even the swarthy and tawny shades appear:

Sir Stafford Fairborne — “Fat, swarthy, of a brown complexion.” (Memoirs, p. 113).
Mr. Aglionby — “Thin, splenatic, tawny-complexioned.” (Memoirs, p. 115).

These were not laborers or foreigners — they were the English elite.

A Pattern the Paintbrush Erased

Across nearly every entry, Macky repeats a truth our portraits later denied: the British governing class was visibly brown and black. These descriptors were not insults but identifiers—normal observations within his era’s vocabulary.

In later centuries, oil painters, genealogists, and revisionist historians gradually lightened those faces. The lineage that once wore its dark complexion openly was literally whitewashed into myth.

Why It Matters

Memoirs of John Macky gives us the closest thing to a photograph of early-1700s Britain—a contemporaneous witness describing what he saw. His notes quietly record a multiracial reality at the heart of European power.

Revisiting these words through B1 Decoded means restoring the truth that was edited out:
Before the colonies, before the caricatures, Black and brown nobility ruled the halls of England.

📚 Primary Source Reference

John Macky, Memoirs of the Secret Services of the Reigns of King William, Queen Anne, and King George I: Including the Author’s Correspondence with the Most Eminent Persons at the Courts of England and Scotland (London, 1733; also reprinted in “Memoirs of John Macky, Esq.” 1760 edition).
Descriptive passages appear between pages 7 and 115 of the 1733 text.

Reclaiming the Timeline: Black Foundations of European History

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Introduction
Before the castles, before the crowns, and long before the lies—Europe was Black. This isn’t just a poetic reimagining of the past; it’s a conclusion drawn from heraldic records, early portraiture, genetic studies, and suppressed historical documents. The original inhabitants of Europe were not pale-skinned Nordic tribes, but Black-skinned aboriginal populations who built the earliest European civilizations.

Let’s peel back the veil and journey into the true peopling of Europe.

1. The First Europeans Were Black

Archaeological and anthropological evidence shows that the earliest inhabitants of Europe—often referred to as Grimaldi man—were of African descent. These early migrants crossed from Africa into southern Europe over 40,000 years ago during the Upper Paleolithic period.

Skulls and skeletal remains unearthed in Italy and parts of France show clear Negroid features, according to early 20th-century anthropologists—descriptions now quietly removed from mainstream literature.

Even the famous Venus figurines—fertility sculptures found throughout prehistoric Europe—depict women with rounded, full features more in line with African phenotypes than anything Nordic or Anglo.

2. Black Civilizers and the Rise of European Culture

The peoples who brought agriculture, metallurgy, and city-building to early Europe were also of African origin. These were the Black Moors, Iberians, Etruscans, and Celts—nations that once spanned from Spain to Scotland.

Historians like Dr. Marie Charles and Lee Cummings argue that these Black populations weren’t just present—they were dominant. They developed kingdoms, trade systems, and spiritual cultures that laid the foundation for what we now call Western civilization.

According to Charles, many of the classical Greek gods and myths are stolen or adapted from these original African-European hybrid cultures.

3. Heraldry Doesn’t Lie: Coats of Arms and Black Nobility

European coats of arms are visual family records—passed from one generation to the next. Many of these symbols include unmistakable depictions of Black men and women with crowns, armor, and weapons. These are not slaves or servants. These are nobles, monarchs, and war chiefs.

The Wappenbuch der Stadt Basel and other heraldic rolls from the Holy Roman Empire, Portugal, and even Scotland feature Black figures central to the family’s identity.

Why? Because these families were originally Black. Over generations, skin tones changed due to intermarriage and conquest—but the symbols remained.

This is what Egmond Codfried refers to as “the heraldic fingerprints of a forgotten elite.”

4. The Whitening of Europe

The whitening of Europe wasn’t a natural evolution—it was a systematic purge. Beginning in the Renaissance and accelerating through the Enlightenment and colonial periods, Europe’s Black noble lines were painted over, rewritten, and reclassified.

Paintings of Black kings and queens were “retouched” to reflect lighter skin. Historical accounts were revised or deleted. Portraits, once proudly displaying African features and royal regalia, were hidden or destroyed.

Benjamin Franklin’s 18th-century writings even describe southern Europeans as “swarthy” and praises the New World for offering a clean slate—one free of Black European influence.

This wasn’t mere prejudice. It was a calculated erasure of memory.

5. Expulsions, Enslavement & the Great Cover-Up

The so-called “Black Irish” and “Black Scots”—terms once widely used—were among the first casualties of this erasure. During the Highland Clearances, Cromwellian campaigns, and various civil wars, thousands of Black European nobles and freemen were stripped of title and land.

They were often sent to the Caribbean and American colonies as indentured servants or slaves. Many of the people today called African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, or Creoles are likely the descendants of these disinherited European royals.

Lee Cummings notes that “the transatlantic slave trade had many doors—and one of them was Europe itself.”

6. Why You’ve Never Heard This Before

This story is not in your schoolbooks for a reason. It destabilizes the very core of Eurocentric identity and the myth of white racial superiority. Recognizing that Black people were not only in Europe but ruling over it—forces a total rewrite of world history.

It also explains the deep, often irrational hostility toward Black descendants in the West. If you were once ruled by a people you now claim are inferior, your entire worldview is a house of cards.

Conclusion: Reclaiming the Timeline

Europe was not born white. It was blackened by its origins and only later bleached by distortion. By recovering the timeline of Black Europe’s rise, rule, and erasure, we empower the diaspora with knowledge that reclaims dignity, identity, and place.

The kings, queens, and visionaries of Europe’s past didn’t vanish. Their blood runs in many of us. Their story is waiting to be retold.

The Mamouth Rebellion

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The Hidden Truth About Monmouth’s Rebellion: How Black European Protestants Were Enslaved in America

By B1Decoded—

Introduction

Much of what we know about American slavery has been framed through a narrow and incomplete lens. But what if the true story is far bigger—and far more shocking?
The Monmouth Rebellion of 1685 exposes a hidden chapter of history: when thousands of Black European Protestants were enslaved and shipped to the Americas after losing their fight for liberty.
This isn’t theory. It’s documented. And yet, it’s missing from the mainstream narrative. Today, we at B1Decoded bring you the untold story.

The Monmouth Rebellion: Not Just a Political Uprising

The Monmouth Rebellion, also known as the Pitchfork Rebellion or Revolt of the West, was an attempt by Protestant dissidents to dethrone King James II—a Catholic monarch and the son of Charles I.
The rebellion was led by James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, the illegitimate son of King Charles II, a Black European ruler often whitewashed in modern history books.

When Monmouth’s forces were defeated at the Battle of Sedgemoor, King James II unleashed brutal retribution. Those who weren’t immediately executed faced another horrifying fate: they were sentenced to “transportation”—shipped off as slaves to the American colonies and the Caribbean.

From Rebels to Slaves: The Bloody Assizes

Following the rebellion, the infamous “Bloody Assizes” were overseen by Judge George Jeffreys, where mass death sentences were handed out.
According to warwalks.com and The Bloody Assizes by J.G. Moodyman, 856 men found guilty of rebellion were sentenced to be shipped away as indentured convicts—no better than slaves.

Rather than executing them, King James II gave many of these prisoners to his friends, who profited by selling them to plantation owners in the colonies. Here’s just a glimpse of the distribution:

NameNumber of People Gifted
Sir William Booth195
Sir Philip Howard174
Sir Christopher Musgrave100
Queen (herself)100
Mr. White Staple70

Ships like the “Endeavour,” “Rebecca,” “Happy Return,” and “Port Royal Merchant” ferried these prisoners to places like Jamaica, Barbados, Virginia, and St. Kitts — where they were sold at auction.

The Dehumanization Process

The testimonies from these survivors are haunting. Upon arrival, they were:

  • Auctioned to the highest bidder like livestock.
  • Denied any wages or property rights.
  • Flogged and beaten routinely.
  • Trapped in an endless cycle, where minor “infractions” extended their servitude beyond original contracts.

One rebel wrote of being sold and extorted by George Penn, who threatened harsher treatment unless relatives paid for freedom upfront.
Many never escaped. Those who did were “rewarded” with 500 pounds of sugar — barely enough to survive.

Who Were These People?

Despite modern attempts to portray them as “white peasants,” a closer look reveals:

  • Many were melanated Europeans — descendants of ancient Moors, Black British nobles, and Jacobites.
  • Documents describe runaway Irish and Scottish servants with “black curled hair” and “swarthy complexions,” not the fair-skinned stereotype.
  • Black Protestants, Moorish Jews, and others were forcibly stripped of their rights and sold into slavery.

The evidence challenges the false dichotomy of “white equals free, Black equals slave” that’s been heavily pushed in modern narratives.

The Scottish and Irish Slave Trade: A Hidden Industry

In Scotland, press gangs operated openly, kidnapping men, women, and children to sell them into bondage.
The Bristol Registers (1654–1686) document how Bristol merchants systematically abducted “servants” — many of them forcibly — to supply the hungry American plantations.
This was so common that Scottish parents feared bringing their children to port cities lest they be kidnapped into slavery.

The Religious Factor: Catholic vs Protestant

The rebellion wasn’t just political—it was religious.

  • King James II was Catholic, following in the footsteps of his father, Charles I.
  • Monmouth’s forces were Protestant, part of the lingering Moorish and Judaic traditions of old Black Britain.
  • Defeat meant spiritual oppression just as much as physical bondage.

Understanding these religious divides uncovers how the suppression of Black European Protestants paved the way for a total rewriting of history.

Hijacking History: The Great Deception

Once transported, these melanated Europeans became labeled “African slaves” — erasing their true identities.
They were told they had no history, no nobility, no civilization beyond chains.
Meanwhile, the descendants of those original Black monarchs — King James I, Charles I, Charles II — were either exterminated, enslaved, or forcefully assimilated.

B1Decoded’s takeaway:
The “Middle Passage” story we know hides a deeper betrayal — many of the original so-called African slaves were in fact Black Europeans.

Final Thoughts: Unbreaking the Chains

We are standing on stolen identities.
The blood of kings, rebels, tailors, shoemakers, and scholars cries out from the fields of Jamaica, Barbados, and Virginia.
Their stories were buried beneath lies. But today, piece by piece, we are decoding the truth.

B1Decoded is committed to shining a light on these suppressed chapters of history—not to divide, but to finally heal through truth.

Stay tuned. More revelations are coming.

Discover the Hidden Narratives of Black European History

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The Truth Buried in Time

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Explore the Truth: Unveiling the Buried History of Black Europe

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The Truth Buried in Time

Welcome to our exploration of suppressed black European history. As we delve into the stories of those who have been overlooked and forgotten, we aim to uncover a rich heritage that has long been obscured by time. The journey begins here—where history is not just a relic of the past but a vibrant tapestry waiting to be unraveled.

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