Though the term can be found throughout literature, art, and history books ... claim they are descended from Moors who predated white settlers in North America, and that they are part of a ...

Moorish sovereign citizens emerged in the early 1990s as a largely African-American ... Americans were Moors descended from ancient Moabites in Northwest Africa and that this history had been ...

Some Moorish sovereigns are known to affiliate with the Moorish Science Temple of America, but not all chapters are linked to sovereign citizens, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. The ...

But a little history shows that the story ... and the state legislature passed the Moors Sundry Act (1790), designating this Moroccan Muslim American community white for purposes of the law.

When history fixates on the 13 original American colonies ... DeSoto’s slaves included both Moors from Northern Africa and sub-Saharan Africans. Many of them deserted him to live with the ...