I realize that there were many pre-existing colonies in Gondor (and all throughout ME) at the time, but the first settlers (of those old colonies) must have had to take those lands from someone else. Tolkien mentions some people of Gondor having swarthier skin and being shorter, so I imagine the original inhabitants of Gondor being short and swarthy being taken over by tall, pale dark-haired Dunedain. Tolkien, however (as far as I know) doesnt't mention any strife between these two peoples.
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