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Just for historical note,  Black in reference to dark skinned persons stems from from the usage of Blackmoor to refer to the Moors (north african berbers)  this was first seen in 1547,  black in reference to evil was first seen in 1583.  While the previous blackmoor was purely adjectory,  the noun usage was not seen until the 1620s.  (eg. blacks).  So technically your statement is incorrect,  although I'm not sure the actual evolutionary path the words took at those times as only the written references of the times that document the usage in these contexts exist,  not previous entries as to its spoken counterpart.  


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