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Re:Who Was Yasuke, Japan’s First Black Samurai? by glandium on Saturday January 14, 2023 @06:53PM (#34385318)
The Japanese wikipedia article mentions there are records of him being born in Portuguese Mozambique. That would make him black-as-African.
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Re:Who Was Yasuke, Japan’s First Black Samurai? by notart666 on Saturday January 14, 2023 @07:47PM (#34385625)
Ehh I'm not sure the Japanese would have a way of knowing that. Given the time period this was in. Not sure if that source can be trusted.
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Re:Who Was Yasuke, Japan’s First Black Samurai? by Smar on Saturday January 14, 2023 @09:10PM (#34386096)
One can trust suprisingly little in the history if you go down this route of not accepting non-verifiable information.
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Re:Who Was Yasuke, Japan’s First Black Samurai? by notart666 on Sunday January 15, 2023 @12:48PM (#34391303)
That's not how that works.
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