Black people were very rare in Britain at the time, this term was used very broadly for people like Italians, Iberian descent, jews, etc.
I doubt there is any way to show "conclusively" that he wasn't, but I would say the evidence is pretty strongly against. Someone I quoted in another reply provide more reasoning on what that evidence is.
Black people were very rare in Britain at the time, this term was used very broadly for people like Italians, Iberian descent, jews, etc.
I doubt there is any way to show "conclusively" that he wasn't, but I would say the evidence is pretty strongly against. Someone I quoted in another reply provide more reasoning on what that evidence is.