"Moors of Delaware" refers to a group of interrelated families in Delaware who are of mixed race origin (white-native-possibly african). You will find more info about them if you follow the links to Related Sites on this page, especially the link to the Mitsawokett site. The origins of these families are shrouded in the mists of history. Generally considered "Mulatto" in 19th-century US census records, they can be traced in Delaware tax records to the early part of the 18th century, and some families to the end of the 17th century. There is no indication of race in any of these early tax records, it is only towards the end of the 18th century that the designations Negro or Mulatto appear in the records. Descendants of these families are found in the White, Black, and Native American communities, some in Chester County Pennsylvania.

The link to the Mitsawokett site, maintained by Ray and Betty Terry, contains many reprints of articles about the Moors of Delaware. I am sure one or more of their links will be quite useful.

There is nothing in the records to indicate one way or the other if there is an admixture of African blood among the Moors. For that matter, there is nothing among the records to indicate an admixture of Indian blood. The families can be documented to be tightly-knit community, and several documents of the nineteenth century reveal an understanding of themselves as White-Indian.