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January 19th, 2010, 12:12 PM
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#1 | | Suspended indefinitely
Joined: Jul 2006 From: UK Posts: 6,114 | Was Viking king Halfdan the Black an African?
Outlandish as it seems there is a book based on this theory. What are your thoughts on this? http://www.scribd.com/doc/22125773/V...k-Coakley-FREE | | | 
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January 19th, 2010, 02:00 PM
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#2 | | Rplegacy Emperor
Joined: Jun 2009 From: western Terranova Posts: 3,287 | Re: Was Viking king Halfdan the Black an African?
well remember that, back then, the word "black" didnt just refer to the color or ethnicity we know today. its also meant evil, wicked, things like that. in fact, who gave halfdan his epithet, anyway? it may very well have been his victims calling him evil
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January 19th, 2010, 02:12 PM
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#3 | | Lecturer
Joined: Sep 2009 From: United States Posts: 276 | Re: Was Viking king Halfdan the Black an African?
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I don't believe that you can say someone was black just because the epithet that is given to them is that color. I'm sure we all know that Erik the Red's skin color wasn't actually red.
This book is a work of fiction and not claiming to be strongly based on history, right? From what I saw it claimed to be a novel.
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January 19th, 2010, 02:28 PM
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#4 | | Suspended indefinitely
Joined: Jul 2006 From: UK Posts: 6,114 | Re: Was Viking king Halfdan the Black an African?
Personally i don't believe it but think it would be an interesting issue to discuss. The book's not a bad read either
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January 19th, 2010, 05:19 PM
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Joined: Jun 2009 From: Absurdistan Posts: 24,536 | Re: Was Viking king Halfdan the Black an African?
Could the mother be a Moorish woman? A slave brought up North, then taken as booty? Who knows.
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January 19th, 2010, 05:24 PM
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#6 | | Citizen
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 36 | Re: Was Viking king Halfdan the Black an African?
that woulld be on the impossibble side right i mean do thay actually have any real proof that he was black????
the book doesnt really seem to have any thorough historical backing so im gonna say nah its not true
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January 19th, 2010, 05:45 PM
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#7 | | Unchained ¤ Blog of the Year ¤
Joined: Oct 2009 From: Baltimorean-in-exile Posts: 17,066 | Re: Was Viking king Halfdan the Black an African?
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Originally Posted by okamido Could the mother be a Moorish woman? A slave brought up North, then taken as booty? Who knows. | The Moors weren't black though; even with a Moorish mother he still could have had a fairly light complexion.
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January 19th, 2010, 06:31 PM
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Joined: Jun 2009 From: Absurdistan Posts: 24,536 | Re: Was Viking king Halfdan the Black an African?
algerian moors are black.
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January 19th, 2010, 06:36 PM
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#9 | | Rplegacy Emperor
Joined: Jun 2009 From: western Terranova Posts: 3,287 | Re: Was Viking king Halfdan the Black an African?
but did the vikings even go that far south?
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January 19th, 2010, 06:37 PM
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#10 | | Unchained ¤ Blog of the Year ¤
Joined: Oct 2009 From: Baltimorean-in-exile Posts: 17,066 | Re: Was Viking king Halfdan the Black an African?
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Originally Posted by oshron but did the vikings even go that far south? | They made raids on the Arabs, so they easily could have...
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