January 2022 – Black History In The Bible

22 Jan

This Video Was Not Made For African Americans – Source List

Black History In The Bible0 CommentsAudio & VideoAfrican American, Dahomey, Judah, Torah, West Africa, Whydah

This is the list of sources for the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOQPmCNcH1Q Full Source List African Americans (wikipedia)The Origin of African American (Yale)Sermon On The Capture of Lord Cornwallis (Harvard)Sons of Noah Map1644 Africa Map (Princeton)1710 Africa Map (Princeton)1747 Africa Map (Library of Congress)1766 Africa Map (Yale)1794 Africa Map (Library of Congress)1930 Africa Map (Archive.org)A New Voyage To Guinea (1745)West African Countries and Peoples (1868)Bulletin Societe (1890)The Encyclopedia of Missions (1891)A Mission To Gelele, King of Dahomey (1893)Among The Ibos of Nigeria (1921)Memorandum To The President (1969)Blacks Jews The Religious Challenge (1987)

20 Jan

1745 – Whydah Is Called Juda By The French

Black History In The Bible0 CommentsHistorical References1700s, 1745, Dutch, England, English, France, French, Guinea, Portugal, Portuguese, West Africa, Whydah, William Smith

Source: A New Voyage to Guinea (William Smith) 1745 - pg. 193-194 I find that this country is called Fida by the Dutch, Juda by the French, and Whydah by the English, Portuguese, and Natives.

20 Jan

1714 – 600 Families of Berbers Descend From 5 Colonies of Sabeans In Africa

Black History In The Bible0 CommentsHistorical References1700s, 1714, Abimelech, Africa, African, Arabian, Arabs, Barbary, Berbers, Chilobeans, Getulians, Libya, Numidia, Sabeans

Source: Atlas Geographus: Or, A Compleat System of Geography, Ancient and Modern (John Nutt) 1714 - pg. 38 African authors of the best note, says Mormel, affirm that Babary and Namidia were first peopled by 5 colonies of Sabeans, who came hither with Melec Isriqui, a Prince of Arabia Felix, from whom 600 families of Berbers, and the greatest families of Africa derive their origins.

19 Jan

1749 – Negroes From Whydah Were Considered The Best Slaves For Working The Sugar Plantations

Black History In The Bible0 CommentsHistorical References1700s, 1749, Aloes, Angola, Calabar, Carolina, Cattle, Corn, Gambia, Gold Coast, Maryland, Negro, Sugar Plantations, Virginia, West Africa, Whydah

Source: The Alarm-Bell: Or, Considerations on the Present Dangerous State of the Sugar Colonies (The British Library) 1749 - pg. 8 Query III Why are the Negroes from the Gold Coast and Whydah the most valuable, and so necessary for the subsistence of sugar plantations? Answer Gold Coast and Whydah Negroes are hard, and are enured to labour in their own country; and will go to the hard work necessary in sugar plantations, as soon as they are purchased by the planters; which is not the case with other Negroes from Angola, Calabar, and other parts of Africa, who live…

19 Jan

A Large Community of Black Jews Lived In Dahomey After WWI

Black History In The Bible0 CommentsHistorical References1400s, 1484, 1499, 1700s, 1776, 1800s, 1847, 1864, 1900s, 1987, Angola, Black Jews, Cameroon, Congo, Dahomey, David Livingstone, Gabon, Guinea, hebrew, Jews of Angola, John II, Judaism, Loango, Mavumbu, Mediterranean, Moses, Nigeria, Portugal, Portuguese, Rio Muni, Sao Tome, West Africa, Winwoode Reade, WWI

Source: Blacks Jews The Religious Challenge (Cambridge University Press) 1987, pg. 232 "Closer to our time Dr. J. Krepel noted some time after the First World War, that a large community of Black Jews existed in the interior of Dahomey. These Jews had the five books of Moses written on old parchment in Hebrew."

19 Jan

1930 Map of Jewish Communities All Over Africa

Black History In The Bible0 CommentsMaps of Hebrews In Africa1100BC, 1900s, 1930, 600bc, Africa, Allen H Godbey, B'Nai Ephraim, Dahomey, Judaeo Paganism, Lamlam, Loango, Loango Jews, Mavumbu, Minoan Philistines, Negro, Negro Jews, Philistines, Sao Tome, Timbuktu, Tribe of Ephraim, Tribe of Levi, West Africa, Yahwism, Yemen, Yemenite Jews

Source: The Lost Tribes A Myth Suggestions Towards Rewriting Hebrew History (Allen H Godbey) 1930 - pg. 266 This map shows the location of Jewish / Israelite communities scattered all over Africa.

18 Jan

Godfrey Higgins Mentions That 12th Century Edrisi Noted That Jews Were on the West Coast of Africa

Truth Ministries0 CommentsHistorical References, The Shemites1100s, 1800s, 1836, Africa, Ashanti, Boodyea, Bowditch, Cambodia, Canaan, Curly Hair, Edrisi, Egypt, gentile, Godfrey Higgins, Guinea, Herodotus, Indian, Internet Archive, Jachin, Jerusalem, Joshua, Judea, Kisse, Lamlam, Mediterranean, Pentateuch, Phoenicians, Phrat, Pillars of Hercules, Procopius, Soolimana, Strait of Gibraltar, Talmud, Tribe of Judah

Source: Anacalypsis (London: : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, Paternoster Row) 1836 A.D. Note: Page 603 of the source. Note: Page 604 of the source. This source is a short summary of key Hebrewisms in Africa by the reputable scholar Godfrey Higgins. Godfrey Higgins makes a quick reference to the tribe of Juda possibly migrating to West Africa like Guinea. Godfrey Higgins mentions Edrisi mentioning Jews being in the area of Lamlem which others have noted and the Ashantee country is mentioned. This source also mentions Canaanites fleeing into Africa which other sources have noted, as well. There…

18 Jan

1893 – 115 Towns In Dahomey Belonged to The Tribe of Judah

Truth Ministries0 CommentsHistorical References1700s, 1732, 1800s, 1893, Dahomey, Daniel Browne ..., John Walthoe, King Gezo, Michigan State University, Nago, Thomas Osborne, Tribe of Judah, West Africa, Whydah

Source: A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome: With Notices of the So Called "Amazons," the Grand Customs, the Yearly Customs, the Human Sacrifices, the Present State of the Slave Trade, and the Negro's Place in Nature, Volumes 1-2 (Michigan State University) 1893 A.D. The eye dwells with delight upon the numerous country villages, like the 115 towns of the Tribe of Judah , and upon the thin forest of palms rising from the tapestry of herbage, here waving, there cut short, which combine to make this spot the Fridaus or Paradise of Dahome-land (Dahomey).

18 Jan

1741 – The Price of Negro Slaves In West Africa

Black History In The Bible0 CommentsHistorical References1700s, 1740, 1741, Africa, Amsterdam, Asia, black-skinned, Bougies, Bracelets, Copper, Cowries, Dutch, England, European, France, Gold, Guinea, Ivory, Judah, Maldives, Necklaces, Negro, Philippines, Rupees, Silver, Wax, West Africa, Whydah

Source: The London Magazine, and Monthly Chronologer (Princeton University) 1741 - pg. 509-510 Excerpt From Page 509 Cowries, a certain type of seashell is used for money in parts of Asia and Africa. Cowrie (cowry) shells used for decorating apparels, making necklaces and playing dice games. Excerpt From Page 510 In 1740 2,400 Cowries were equal to 1 Rupee. Cowries are valued in West Africa, but specifically Guinea, as much as silver and Gold. There they are called "bougies". Cowries are worn as ornaments in necklaces and bracelets. Cowries are described as white. French merchants in Whydah paid 40 pounds…

17 Jan

1862 – 2,500 Slaves Shipped From Whydah In Six Weeks

Black History In The Bible0 CommentsHistorical References1800s, 1862, Alecto Ship, Barbara Ship, Bristol, Cape De Verdes, Cape Palmas, Espoir Ship, Judah, Lagos, Mayo Island, Nigeria, Prometheus Ship, Raby, Sierra Leone, Slave Coast, Slavery, United States, West Africa, Whydah

Source: Parliamentary Papers (Great Britain Parliament House of Commons) 1862 AD - pg. 68 "The Alecto hove up for Lagos to meet the mail. I learn from Commander Raby, who is a very active office, and of considerable knowledge in Coast matters, that the Slave Trade is now at its full height at Whydah: legal trade is completely stopped, and they allow no intercourse with men-of-war." "The slavers come down the coast under the American flag, and lay off the place, making their arrangements under their noses, and as soon as the cruizers leave for Lagos, they ship their slaves…

Month: January 2022

This Video Was Not Made For African Americans – Source List

1745 – Whydah Is Called Juda By The French

1714 – 600 Families of Berbers Descend From 5 Colonies of Sabeans In Africa

1749 – Negroes From Whydah Were Considered The Best Slaves For Working The Sugar Plantations

A Large Community of Black Jews Lived In Dahomey After WWI

1930 Map of Jewish Communities All Over Africa

Godfrey Higgins Mentions That 12th Century Edrisi Noted That Jews Were on the West Coast of Africa

1893 – 115 Towns In Dahomey Belonged to The Tribe of Judah

1741 – The Price of Negro Slaves In West Africa

1862 – 2,500 Slaves Shipped From Whydah In Six Weeks

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