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re: I had no idea African warriors were present at the Battle of Hastings in 1066...
Posted on 8/26/25 at 6:49 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 8/26/25 at 6:49 pm to RollTide1987
Now ask yourself, would they cast white Zulu warriors in a docudrama about the Zulu wars? Heck no! They'd stick to the color of the actual warriors and call anyone who said to do otherwise racist.
The left really really really hate white people.
The left really really really hate white people.
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Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:01 pm to Stealth Matrix
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Except that would've be historically correct......just very, very rare. But Chinese immigrants did exist within US borders at the time and did fight in the Civil War.
It's true!
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Though the Chinese-American population was primarily concentrated on the West Coast in the mid-19th century, a significant population of Chinese-Americans resided on the East Coast during the Civil War. Historian Ruthanne Lum McCunn estimates that 150 Chinese-Americans resided in New York City alone when the Civil War began. Approximately 50 Chinese-American soldiers served during the Civil War, primarily for the Union Army.
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John Tomney joined the New York Infantry in 1861, and perished defending the Union army at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
Joseph Pierce achieved the highest rank of any Chinese-American in the Union Army when he was promoted to corporal in the Army of the Potomac. Pierce fought in various Antietam campaigns and at Appomattox Court House— the site of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to the Union. William Ah Hang enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1863, making him one of the first Asian Americans to enlist in the Navy.
We should fully celebrate anyone who was there, but the idea that we need unhistorical token actors everywhere is a travesty.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:03 pm to RollTide1987
Um...that guy's a slave.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:19 pm to RollTide1987
boy, yall are really pushing your limits this week with Corinthians420. Someone go
do a health check at his place.
do a health check at his place.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:23 pm to chalmetteowl
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I think it’s plausible… didnt the Romans fight wars in Africa? I believe one could have made it to England by 1066
They came with Hannibal’s elephants.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:29 pm to RollTide1987
I believe BBC is accurate. These soldiers could throw a spear 85+ yards while kneeling - this is where the term ‘spear chuckers’ originated
Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:33 pm to RollTide1987
That’s around the time blacknpeople were teaching Europeans how to bathe
Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:35 pm to RollTide1987
Watching the English commit cultural suicide in real time by allowing their history to be erased and their population be replaced is something I can’t wrap my mind around.
This is the same people who laid the foundation of the New World, built the greatest empire in the history of mankind, stood alone against the Third Reich. Just look at them now. They’ve literally become the cuck sitting in the corner watching their wife getting plowed by her bull. It’s pathetic.
This is the same people who laid the foundation of the New World, built the greatest empire in the history of mankind, stood alone against the Third Reich. Just look at them now. They’ve literally become the cuck sitting in the corner watching their wife getting plowed by her bull. It’s pathetic.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:39 pm to RollTide1987
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had no idea African warriors were present at the Battle of Hastings in 1066
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No direct evidence supports Africans fighting at the Battle of Hastings. But Africans were in Europe in that era, so the presence of a few individuals on the periphery isn’t impossible.
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The Battle of Hastings (1066) was fought between William, Duke of Normandy (the Normans) and King Harold II of England (the Anglo-Saxons). There’s no reliable historical evidence that Africans fought in the battle itself. The forces were primarily: • Norman-French troops (from Normandy, Brittany, Flanders, and other parts of northern France) • Anglo-Saxon troops (the housecarls, fyrd, and local levies of England) That said, a couple of points are worth mentioning: • The Normans were originally Vikings who had settled in northern France, but by 1066 their army was a mix of Western Europeans, not Africans. • Some medieval sources and later chroniclers describe individuals with darker skin among Norman forces, but these references are vague, often symbolic, and not solid proof of African fighters at Hastings. • By the 11th century, Africans were present in parts of Europe (e.g., through Moorish Spain, trade, and the Mediterranean). So while it’s possible a small number of Africans or men of African descent were present in England or Normandy at the time, they would have been rare and not part of the main armies.
This post was edited on 8/26/25 at 7:41 pm
Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:53 pm to RollTide1987
Is it a terrible stretch? England and France weren’t so completely isolated and with Viking, Mediterranean and Moorish trade there were possibly African travelers, slaves, servants, traders, etc in both England and Normandy. Maybe they weren’t, but it’s not a totally unbelievable notion either.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:09 pm to Celery
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Is it a terrible stretch? England and France weren’t so completely isolated and with Viking, Mediterranean and Moorish trade there were possibly African travelers, slaves, servants, traders, etc in both England and Normandy. Maybe they weren’t, but it’s not a totally unbelievable notion either.
Sub-Saharan Africans in Europe during the Middle Ages were exceedingly rare. There was little to no communication between the areas of Africa south of the Sahara and Europe. What few Africans there were came from Northern Africa in those areas that were once part of the Roman Empire. A few, but not many, of the trade routes between North Africa and Europe survived the fall of the Roman Empire. Most would not be reestablished until well into the Renaissance. At the time of the Battle of Hastings, unless you lived in Southern Europe (primarily Spain or Sicily), the odds of you seeing a North African were next to nothing. And as for Sub-Saharan black Africans, they may as well have lived on the far side of the moon. Portraying a black soldier at the Battle of Hastings is almost as absurd as putting a Lakota warrior or Samurai there.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:13 pm to Darth_Vader
Hey Grok, were there any blacks or subsaharan africans at the battle of hastings?
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There’s no historical evidence to suggest that people of African descent, or “Blacks” as you put it, were present at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The battle was fought between the Normans, led by William the Conqueror, and the Anglo-Saxon forces under King Harold II in England. The armies were primarily composed of Europeans—Normans, Bretons, French, and Anglo-Saxons—with some mercenaries and allies from nearby regions like Flanders. At that time, sub-Saharan African populations had limited contact with Northern Europe, and the trans-Saharan trade routes were mostly controlled by Arab and Berber intermediaries. While the Roman Empire and later medieval trade brought some Africans to parts of Europe (e.g., North African Moors in Spain), there’s no record of them in England during the Norman Conquest. The Domesday Book (1086) and other contemporary sources don’t mention individuals of African origin in England. If you’re referring to broader ethnic diversity, the armies at Hastings were still overwhelmingly European, with no documented presence of non-European groups. If you have a specific source or theory in mind, I can dig deeper into it for you!
Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:16 pm to Cosmo
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Hey Grok, were there any blacks or subsaharan africans at the battle of hastings?
So, Grok basically laid out almost the same case I did.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:17 pm to Stealth Matrix
quote:One was on the last mission of the CSS Hunley: Sum Ting Wong
Except that would've be historically correct......just very, very rare. But Chinese immigrants did exist within US borders at the time and did fight in the Civil War.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:21 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:22 pm to Jim Rockford
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What if I told you there are Asian Civil War reenactors?
Col. Yan Kee and the A Zeon irregulars.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:24 pm to reggierayreb
What they’re trying to do is rewrite history to make it appear that multicultural societies have always been the norm. This is pure fantasy. The fact is, really until the last couple of centuries, they were exceptionally rare. And furthermore, if you study history you’ll find they invariably lead to social collapse.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:26 pm to RollTide1987
I remember when Africans saved Mars from the Lobster people.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:27 pm to RollTide1987
History is written by the victors.
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