Sentence:  In 1596 Elizabeth I had already decreed that all "<WSD>blackamoors</WSD>" should be sent back to Spain or Portugal as they were disturbing local labour markets. It became very fashionable for the wealthy to have "<WSD>blackamoor</WSD>" page boys and personal servants, as their complexions set off the pale-skinned beauty of the women of the family. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a blackamoor slave, a blackamoor servant; and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child