The following links will take you to the historical evidence and references we’ve collected throughout our years of research into the subject of the black presence in the Bible. If you’d like to submit new evidence, update existing evidence, or suggest removal of specific evidence, please consider becoming a BHITB Curator.
Evidence By Century (B.C.)
| 2600 BC | 1400BC | 1300BC | 900BC | 800BC | 600BC | 500BC |
Evidence By Year (A.D.)
Evidence By Century (A.D.)
| 10s | 100s | 300s | 400s | 500s | 600s | 700s | 800s | 1000s | 1100s | 1200s | 1300s | 1400s | 1500s | 1600s | 1700s | 1800s | 1900s | 2000s |
Evidence By Year (A.D.)
| 70 | 125 | 300 | 450 | 550 | 640 | 740 | 880 | 1000 | 1150 | 1270 | 1285 | 1294 | 1295 | 1296 | 1297 | 1298 | 1299 | 1314 | 1344 | 1372 | 1382 | 1413 | 1414 | 1429 | 1430 | 1433 | 1434 | 1468 | 1478 | 1484 | 1487 | 1488 | 1492 | 1494 | 1500 | 1508 | 1526 | 1533 | 1540 | 1635 | 1643 | 1644 | 1662 | 1667 | 1690 | 1691 | 1710 | 1720 | 1723 | 1744 | 1753 | 1747 | 1766 | 1772 | 1780 | 1790 | 1795 | 1796 | 1797 | 1803 | 1822 | 1831 | 1840 | 1844 | 1850 | 1856 | 1859 | 1861 | 1865 | 1879 | 1888 | 1890 | 1897 | 1910 | 1915 | 1921 | 1935 | 1939 | 1967 | 1974 | 1969 | 1981 | 1996 | 2000 | 2003 | 2011 | 2013 |
Evidence By Region (Africa)
| Africa | Central Africa | North Africa | Northeast Africa | South Africa | West Africa | Gold Coast | Equator | Ivory Coast |
Countries, Places, & Landmarks
| Abyssinia | Aguleri | Agulu-Eri | Anambra | Congo / Kongo | Cameroon | Cyrene | Egypt | Eri-Aka | Ethiopia | Ethiopian Ocean | Ezu River | Gabon | Ghana | Igboland | Kano | Kenya | Lam Lam | Libya | Luxor | Mali | Mediterranean Sea | Morocco | Negroland | Niger Delta | Negro Belt | Niger River | Nigeria | Nile River | Nubia | Omambala River | Pyramids | Sahara | Sao Tome / St. Thomas | Saqqara | Sefwi Wiawso | Senegal River | Senegambia | Songhai Empire | Sudan | Tangier | Thebes | Timbuktu | Tomb of Rekhmire | Tunisia | Udi | Uganda | Zimbabwe |
People Groups
| Africans | Ashanti | Berber | Benei-Yisrael | Beta Israel | Deffufa | Egyptians | Enugu | Ethiopians | Falasha Jews | Galla | Ibo / Igbo / Ebo / Egbo | Lancado | Lemba | Luso-Africans | Lybians | Moors | Nigerians | Solomonic Dynasty | Tangomaos | Umu-Eri | Yoruba |
Evidence By Region (The Middle East)
| Arabia | Arabian Peninsula | Mesopotamia | Middle East |
Countries, Places, & Landmarks
| Euphrates | Israel | Palestine | Persepolis | Persia | Qumran | Syria |
People Groups
| Canaanites | Palestinians | Persians | Phoenicians | Syrians |
Evidence By Region (South America)
Evidence By Region (Caribbean)
| Caribbean | Columbia | Cuba | Jamaica | West Indies |
Evidence By Region (Europe)
| Catalonia | England | France | Germany | Greece | Netherlands | Portugal | Rome | Russia | Spain |
People Groups
| Europeans | Portuguese Jews |
Evidence By Region (Asia)
| Asia | Asia Minor | Indian Ocean |
Countries, Places, & Landmarks
| Annam | Borneo | Burma | Cochin | Formosa | Hainan | India | Japan | Malabar | Riu-Kiu | Rykyu | Sumatra | Taiwan | Timor | Vietnam |
People Groups
| Cochin Jews | Jerusalem Jews | Jew |
Evidence By Region (Australia / Oceania)
| Australia | Fiji | New Guinea | New Hebrides | New Ireland | Solomon Islands | Tasmania | Timor |
People Groups
| Australoid | Marois | Melanesians | Papuan |
Evidence By Region (North America)
| New World | United States |
States, Places, & Landmarks
| Atlantic Ocean | Hawaii | South Carolina | Virginia |
Evidence By Universities, Organizations, & Government Institutions
| Cambridge University | Library of Congress | National Geographic | Princeton University | Smithsonian | Stanford University | The British Museum | UNESCO | United Nations | University of California | University of Chicago | University of Michigan | University of Minnesota | University of Oxford | University of Texas Arlington | University of Toronto | Yale University | Jewish Virtual Library |
Evidence By Racial Description
| Albino | Asiatic | Australasian | Black | Black-Skinned | Brown | Dark Races | Curly Hair | Dark-Skinned | Flat Noses | Jewish | Kinky Hair | Long Straight Hair | Mulatto | Negro | Negroes | Negroid | Open Nostrils | Ruddy | Swarthy | Thick Lips | White | White People | Woolly-Haired |
Evidence By Subject
| Commentaries | DNA | Historical References | Images | Language | Maps | Research |
Evidence By Religion & Sacred Texts
| Babylonian Talmud | Christianity | Islam | Judaism | Kebra Negast | Muslim | Rastafarianism |
Evidence By Language
| Arabic |
Notable Names
| Edrisi | Eldad | Emanuel Bowen | Ebna la-Hakim | Haile Selassie | John II | John Ogilby | Josephus | Leo Africanus | Menelik I | Muhammad | Queen Makeda | Sir Harry Johnston | Tacitus | Titus |
Historical Events & Time Periods
| Arab Slave Trade | Inquisition | Transatlantic Slave Trade | Medieval |
Bible References & Studies
The following links will take you to Biblical references, commentaries, studies, and more. Some links will also include historical Biblical references as well.
Biblical People
| Abel | Abimael | Abram | Adah | Adam | Ahasuerus | Almodad | Amraphel | Anamim | Aner | Aram | Areli | Arioch | Arodi | Arphaxad | Ashkenaz | Ashur | Asshur | Assyrians | Bera | Bathsheba | Birsha | Cain | Cainan | Canaan | Caphtorim | Chedorlaomer | Cush | Dan | Darius | David | Dedan | Diklah | Dodanim | Eber | Elam | Eliezer | Elishah | Enoch | Enos | Eri | Eschol | Ethiopians | Eve | Gether | Gomer | Hadoram | Hagar | Ham | Haran | Havilah | Hazarmaveth | Heth | Hul | Isaiah | Iscah | Ishmael | Jabal | Jacob | Jared | Japheth | Javan | Jehu | Jerah | Jesus | Jobab | Joktan | Jonadab | Joseph | Joshua | Jubal | Judah | Kittim | Lamech | Lehabim | Lot | Lud | Ludim | Madai | Magog | Mahalaleel | Mary | Mash | Mehujael | Melchizedek | Meshech | Methusael | Methuselah | Milcah | Mizraim | Moses | Naamah | Nahor | Naphtuhim | Nimrod | Noah | Obal | Ophir | Pathrusim | Pharaoh | Peleg | Philistim | Phut | Queen of Sheba | Raamah | Rechab | Reu | Riphath | Sabtah | Sabtechah | Salah | Samuel | Sarai | Seba | Serug | Seth | Sheba | Sheleph | Shem | Shemeber | Shinab | Sidon | Solomon | Tarshish | Terah | Tidal | Tiras | Togarmah | Tubal | Tubalcain | Uz | Uzal | Zillah |
Biblical Groups of People
| Amalekites | Amorite | Arkite | Arvadite | Canaanites | Chaldeans | Chaldees | Egyptians | Elamites | Emims | Giants | Girgashite | Hamathite | Heathen | Hittites | Hivite | Horites | Jebusite | Kadmonites | Kenites | Kenizzites | Lydians | Rapha | Maidservants | Medo-Persian | Menservants | Nephilim | Perizzite | Persians | Rechabites | Rephaims | Syrians | Tribe of Benjamin | Tribe of Dan | Tribe of Gad | Tribe of Judah | Tribe of Levi | Tribe of Manasseh | Tribe of Zebulon | Zemarite | Zuzims |
Biblical Cities, Places, & Landmarks
| Accad | Admah | Ararat | Ashteroth Karnaim | Assyria | Babel | Beerlahairoi | Bela | Bered | Bethel | Calah | Calneh | Cyrene | Damascus | Dan | Eden | Egypt | Ellasar | Elparan | Enmishpat | Erech | Ethiopia | Euphrates | Gerar | Gaza | Gomorrah | Hai | Haran | Havilah | Hazezontamar | Hebron | Hiddekel | Hobah | Israel | Jerusalem | Jordan | Judea | Kadesh | Land of Nod | Lasha | Mamre | Mesha | Moreh | Nile River | Nineveh | Northern Kingdom | Palestine | Pison | Rehoboth | Resen | Salt Sea | Seir | Sephar | Shaveh Kiriathaim | Shinar | Shur | Shushan | Siddim | Sidon | Sodom | Southern Kingdom | Susa | Ur | Zeboim | Zoar |
Biblical Angels, Demons, & Deities
| Angels | Baal | Cherubim | Sons of God |
Biblical Animals & Creatures
| Ass | Camel | Cattle | Colt | Dove | Fish | Fowl | Goat | Ox | Pigeon | Ram | Raven | Serpent | Sheep | Slavery | Turtledove |
Topical Bible Studies
| Air | Ark of The Covenant | Bdellium | Blessings | Brass | Bronze | Byword | Clean | Color | Copper | Covenants | Curses | Darkness | Dust | Earth | East | Fear | Flood | Furnace | Generation | Giants | Gold | Heaven | Heirs | Onyx | Lamp | Language | Last Days | Levitic Priesthood | Light | Lost Tribes | Martyrs | Moon | Nations | Nephilim | North | Plagues | Proverb | Red | Reward | Righteousness | River | Ruddy | Sea | Shield | Silver | Skin | Slavery | South | Spirit | Stars | Sun | Unclean | Vision | Water | West | Wool |