Arab travelers mapped Darfur by moral traits rather than physical terrain

Evidence

With these descriptions comes a sense of the geography of Därfür, but not only the one delineated by maps. This is a moral geography, with a topography defined by skin color, sexual behavior, and religious practices. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 161

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces the concept of moral geography, useful for analyzing how colonial observers spatialized racial and religious judgments.