Delaware Moors

The Delaware Moors are a mixed-race group in Delaware and New Jersey who descend from free people of color. In Delaware, they were legally classified as African Americans until 1914, when they were reclassified as a separate, non-Black group. Delaware Moors predominantly live in southern Kent County and Sussex County in Delaware. Several state-recognized tribes descend from the Delaware Moors, including the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware and the Nanticoke Indian Association in Delaware, as well as an offshoot group in Cumberland County, New Jersey, known as the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation.

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