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 and the migration patterns of these people throughout history. If you’d like to submit new evidence, update existing evidence, or suggest removal of specific evidence, please consider becoming a BHITB Curator.
How certain am I that based solely on Bible prophecy, many descendants of the Transatlantic Slave Trade are descendants of ancient Israelites?
| PROBABILITY = 24.59% |
Last Updated – December 5, 2022
Evidence By Century (B.C.)
| 3500BC | 3000BC | 2600 BC | 1400BC | 1300BC | 1100BC | 900BC | 800BC | 600BC | 500BC | 10BC |
Evidence By Year (B.C.)
| 3500BC | 2600BC | 1305BC | 950BC | 7BC |
Evidence By Century (A.D.)
| 10s | 100s | 300s | 400s | 500s | 600s | 700s | 800s | 900s | 1000s | 1100s | 1200s | 1300s | 1400s | 1500s | 1600s | 1700s | 1800s | 1900s | 2000s |
Evidence By Year (A.D.)
| 70 | 125 | 300 | 333 | 349 | 450 | 550 | 640 | 711 | 740 | 823 | 880 | 1000 | 1067 | 1150 | 1270 | 1285 | 1294 | 1295 | 1296 | 1297 | 1298 | 1299 | 1314 | 1325 | 1342 | 1344 | 1350 | 1354 | 1372 | 1382 | 1403 | 1413 | 1414 | 1422 | 1429 | 1430 | 1433 | 1434 | 1462 | 1468 | 1478 | 1484 | 1492 | 1494 | 1499 | 1500 | 1508 | 1510 | 1526 | 1533 | 1540 | 1644 | 1649 | 1664 | 1665 | 1667 | 1668 | 1670 | 1710 | 1714 | 1720 | 1723 | 1732 | 1733 | 1740 | 1741 | 1745 | 1747 | 1749 | 1751 | 1766 | 1772 | 1776 | 1780 | 1790 | 1795 | 1796 | 1797 | 1814 | 1820 | 1822 | 1831 | 1833 | 1836 | 1840 | 1841 | 1845 | 1847 | 1848 | 1850 | 1852 | 1854 | 1856 | 1859 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1870 | 1874 | 1879 | 1880 | 1882 | 1883 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1893 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1899 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1915 | 1921 | 1930 | 1935 | 1939 | 1941 | 1967 | 1969 | 1970 | 1974 | 1975 | 1981 | 1983 | 1984 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1996 | 2000 | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Evidence By Region (Africa)
| Africa | Central Africa | Equator | Gold Coast | Ivory Coast | North Africa | Northeast Africa | Slave Coast | South Africa | South Coast | West Africa |
Countries, Places, & Landmarks
| Abyssinia | Aguleri | Agulu-Eri | Allala River / Efra | Anambra | Angola | Atlas Mountains | Biafra | Bight of Benin | Congo / Kongo | Cameroon | Cape De Verdes | Cape of Good Hope | Cape Palmas | Cyrene | Dahomey | Egypt | Eri-Aka | Ethiopia | Ethiopian Ocean | Ezu River | Gabon | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Igboland | Kairouan | Kano | Kenya | Lagos | Lamlam | Libya | Little Popo | Loango | Luxor | Mali | Mayo Island | Mediterranean Sea | Morocco | Mozambique | Negroland | Niger Delta | Negro Belt | Niger River | Nigeria | Nile River | Nubia | Omambala River | Pillars of Hercules | Porto Novo | Pyramids | Red Sea | Rio Muni | Sahara | Sao Tome / St. Thomas | Saqqara | Sefwi Wiawso | Senegal River | Senegambia | Sierra Leone | Songhai Empire | Sphinx | Strait of Gibraltar | Sudan | Tangier | Thebes | Timbuktu | Tomb of Rekhmire | Tunisia | Udi | Uganda | Whydah | Zimbabwe |
People Groups
| Africans | Ashanti | Berbers | Bnai Ephraim | Benei-Yisrael | Beta Israel | Bushman | Caffers | Coptics / Copts | Deffufa | Egyptians | Enugu | Ethiopians | Falasha Jews | Galla | Ibo / Igbo / Ebo / Egbo | Egyptians | Jews of Angola | Lancado | Lemba | Loango Jews | Luso-Africans | Libyans | Mavumbu | Minoan Philistines | Moors | Negro Jews | Nigerians | Solomonic Dynasty | Strandlooper | Tangomaos | Umu-Eri | Yoruba |
Jewelry Ritual, & Other Items
| Bracelets | Ivory | Necklaces | Wax |
Evidence By Region (Arabia / Middle East)
| Arabia | Arabian Peninsula | Babylonia | Mesopotamia | Middle East | Near East |
Countries, Places, & Landmarks
| Assyria | Afghanistan | Baghdad | Basra | Bethlehem | Euphrates | Israel | Jerusalem | Judea | Mediterranean | Palestine | Persepolis | Persia | Persian Gulf | Qumran | Syria | Turkey | Well of Annunciation | Yemen | Zablestan |
People Groups
| Arabians | Ashkenazi | Babylonians | Bedouins | Dowaser Arabs | Canaanites | Khazars | Naussers | Palestinians | Persians | Phoenicians | Saracens | Syrians | Turks | Yemenite Jews |
Evidence By Region (South America)
| Brazil | Guiana | South America |
Evidence By Region (Caribbean)
| Caribbean | Columbia | Cuba | Jamaica | West Indies |
Evidence By Region (Europe)
| Europe | Mediterranean Europe | Southern Europe | Tartary |
Countries, Places, & Landmarks
| Alpes Maritimes | Amsterdam | Bristol | Catalonia | Dutch | England | France | Germany | Greece | Hellas | Italy | London | Netherlands | Portugal | Rome | Russia | Spain |
People Groups
| Aryans | Danes | English | Europeans | Greeks | Hellenists | Portuguese | Portuguese Jews | Romans | Teutons |
Evidence By Region (Asia)
| Asia | Asia Minor | Central Asia | Indian Ocean | Northern India | Tartary |
Countries, Places, & Landmarks
| Annam | Borneo | Burma | Calcutta | Ceylon | China | Cochin | Formosa | Hainan | India | Indus River | Japan | Kashmir | Malabar | Maldives | Philippines | Riu-Kiu | Ryukyu | Sri Lanka | Sumatra | Taiwan | Timor | Vietnam |
People Groups
| Cochin Jews | Hindu | Indian | Jerusalem Jews | Jew | Tartars |
Evidence By Region (Australia / Oceania)
| Australia | Fiji | New Guinea | New Hebrides | New Ireland | Solomon Islands | Tasmania | Timor |
People Groups
| Australoid | Maoris | Melanesians | Papuan |
Evidence By Region (North America)
| New World | North America | United States |
States, Places, & Landmarks
| Atlantic Ocean | Baltimore | Boston | Carolina | Cincinnati | Harlem | Hawaii | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Ohio | South Carolina | Virginia | Wenham |
People Groups
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 Appearance & Racial Features
| Albino | Asiatic | Australasian | Black | Black-Skinned | Blonde | Brown | Brunette | Dark Races | Curly Hair | Dark-Skinned | Flat Noses | Full Lips | Hindu Complexion | Jewish | Kinky Hair | Long Straight Hair | Mulatto | Negro | Negro Eye | Negroes | Negroid | Open Nostrils | Ruddy | Semitic | Soot | Swarthy | Thick Lips | White | White People | Woolly-Haired |
Evidence By Subject
| Commentaries | DNA | Historical References | Images | Language | Maps | Research |
Evidence By Belief, Religion, & Sacred Text
| African Spiritualism | Babylonian Talmud | British Israelism | Christianity | Christians | Islam | Judaeo Paganism | Judaism | Kebra Negast | Kemet | Lord of Heaven | Muslim | Pentateuch | Protestant | Racism | Rastafarianism | Roman Catholic | Talmud | Wesleyan | Yahwism |
Evidence By Language
Money and Currency References
| Bougies | Copper | Cowries | Gold | Rupees | Silver |
Notable Names
| Allen H Godbey | Claudius Buchanan | D Anville | Edrisi | Eldad | Emanuel Bowen | Ebna la-Hakim | Frederick Douglass | Godfrey Higgins | Haile Selassie | Henry Kissenger | Herodotus | Homer | John II | John Ogilby | Josephus | Leo Africanus | Menelik I | Muhammad | Pliny | Queen Makeda | Rameses II | Sargon II | Seti I | Shakespeare | Sir Harry Johnston | Tacitus | Titus | Vespasian |
Ship Names
| Alecto | Barbara | Espoir | Prometheus |
Ship Crew
| Edmonstone | Raby |
Historical Events & Time Periods
| Arab Slave Trade | Babylonian Captivity | Inquisition | Transatlantic Slave Trade | Trojan War | Medieval |
Plantation Crops & Operations
| Aloe | Cattle | Corn | Sugar |
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
| Aaron | Abel | Abimael | Abimelech | Abraham | Abram | Adah | Adam | Ahasuerus | Almodad | Ammon | Amraphel | Anamim | Aner | Aram | Areli | Arioch | Arodi | Arphaxad | Asenath | Ashkenaz | Ashur | Asshur | Assyrians | Bera | Bathsheba | Bethuel | Birsha | Boaz | Buz | Cain | Cainan | Canaan | Candace | Caphtorim | Chedorlaomer | Chesed | Cush | Dan | Darius | David | Dedan | Diklah | Dodanim | Eber | Elam | Eliezer | Elishah | Enoch | Enos | Eri | Esau | Eschol | Ethiopians | Eve | Gaham | Gether | Gomer | Hadoram | Hagar | Ham | Haran | Havilah | Hazarmaveth | Hazo | Heth | Hul | Huz | Isaac | Isaiah | Iscah | Ishmael | Jabal | Jacob | Jared | Japheth | Javan | Jehu | Jerah | Jesus | Jidlaph | Kemuel | Jeremiah | Jobab | Joktan | Jonadab | Joseph | Joshua | Jubal | Judah | Kittim | Lamech | Lehabim | Lot | Lud | Ludim | Maachah | Madai | Magog | Mahalaleel | Mary | Mash | Mehujael | Melchizedek | Meshech | Methusael | Methuselah | Milcah | Mizraim | Moab | Moses | Naamah | Nahor | Naphtuhim | Nebuchadnezzar | Nimrod | Noah | Obal | Ophir | Pathrusim | Pharaoh | Pildash | Peleg | Philip | Philistim | Phut | Queen of Sheba | Raamah | Rebekah | Rechab | Reu | Reumah | Riphath | Ruth | Sabtah | Sabtechah | Salah | Salmon | Samuel | Sarah | Sarai | Seba | Serug | Seth | Sheba | Sheleph | Shem | Shemeber | Shinab | Sidon | Solomon | Tarshish | Tebah | Terah | Thahash | Tidal | Tiras | Togarmah | Tubal | Tubalcain | Uz | Uzal | Zerah | Zillah |
Biblical Groups of People
| Amalekites | Ammonites | Amorite | Arkite | Arvadite | Assyrians | Canaanites | Chaldeans | Chaldees | Egyptians | Elamites | Emims | Ethiopians | Giants | Girgashite | Hamathite | Heathen | Hittites | Hivite | Horites | Jebusite | Jews | Jewess | Kadmonites | Kenites | Kenizzites | Lydians | Rapha | Maidservants | Medo-Persian | Menservants | Moabites | Nazarites | Nephilim | Perizzite | Persians | Philistines | Prophets | Rechabites | Rephaims | Romans | Sabeans | 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 | Assyria | Babel | Beerlahairoi | Beersheba | Bela | Bered | Bethel | Calah | Calneh | Chaldea | Cyrene | Damascus | Dan | Eden | Egypt | Ellasar | Elparan | Enmishpat | Erech | Ethiopia | Euphrates | Gerar | Gaza | Gomorrah | Hai | Haran | Havilah | Hazezontamar | Hebron | Hiddekel | Hobah | Israel | Jehovahjireh | Jerusalem | Jordan | Judea | Kadesh | Land of Nod | Lasha | Mamre | Mesha | Moab | Moreh | Moriah | Nazareth | Nile River | Nineveh | Northern Kingdom | Palestine | Paran | Phichol | Pison | Red Sea | Rehoboth | Resen | Salt Sea | Seir | Sephar | Shaveh Kiriathaim | Shinar | Shur | Shushan | Siddim | Sidon | Sodom | Southern Kingdom | Susa | Ur | Zeboim | Zoar |
Biblical Angels, Demons, & Deities
| Angel of The Lord | Angels | Baal | Cherubim | Sons of God |
Biblical Animals & Creatures
| Ass | Camel | Cattle | Colt | Dove | Dragon | Fish | Fowl | Frog | Goat | Horse | Lamb | Ox | Pigeon | Ram | Raven | Serpent | Sheep | Slavery | Turtledove |
Topical Bible Studies
| Air | Ark of The Covenant | Bdellium | Blessings | Blindness | Brass | Bronze | Burnt Offering | Byword | Circumcision | Clean | Color | Copper | Covenants | Curses | Darkness | Day | Dust | Earth | East | Elder | Eunuchs | Fear | Fire | Firstborn | Flood | Furnace | Generation | Giants | Gold | Groves | Hate | Heaven | Heirs | Onyx | Lamp | Language | Last Days | Leaven | Levitic Priesthood | Light | Lion of Judah | Lost Tribes | Love | Martyrs | Moon | Nations | Nephilim | New Testament | Night | North | Old Testament | Oppressor | Plagues | Proverb | Red | Reward | Righteousness | River | Ruddy | Salt | Sea | Second Temple | Shield | Silver | Skin | Slavery | Smoke | South | Spirit | Stars | Sun | Unclean | Unleavened Bread | Vision | Water | West | Wickedness | Wine | Wool | Younger |
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