To celebrate Black History Month of February (WRBA Public Handout), a WRBA member shares a special group of livery buttons. About 200 British noble families are listed in the 1905 edition of Fairbairn’s Book of Crests describing their crests using terms such as 'blackamoor,' 'moor,' and 'Africa', indicating that African-themed imagery was popular in the British heraldry for symbolizing colonial achievements, military conquests, or historical connections . . .
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