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More Info “But whatever Basnage may have thought or have written at the end of the seventeenth century, the position was differently regarded a century earlier. Sanuto, the famous geographer of that period, whose African Atlas and Geography was published in 1588, shows a Jewish state distinctly marked as ‘Judaeorum Terra’, in Tabula X of…
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More Info “GESVES the River and Village in Negroland. The River lies to the N. and N.E. of Bissaux Isle. The Village 65 leag. above its Mouth to E. and 40 fr. Bissaux to S. the River running alm. E. and W. The people inhabiting the Banks are partly Biafares and Idolaters, partly Mandingoes and…
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More Info “Colour variations are prevalent from light olive to deepest black, and albinos are common. These freaks of naturea are of unprepossessing appearance. They are not, however, treated as monstrosities; indeed the mother of an albino is usually gratified with her offspring. They are termed by the people “ndi-awcha” ie., white people. Skin disfigurements…
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Source: University of Chicago Date: 1868 AD Title: West African Countries and Peoples, British and Native With the Requirements Necessary for Establishing that Self Government Recommended by the Committee of the House of Commons, 1865; and a Vindication of the African Race Pages: 189 – 190 Author: James Africanus Beale Horton More Info “The ten…
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More Info “D. The Racial Characteristics of The Semites This race is characterized by a dark complexion, thick, black, curly hair, a hooked nose, rather thickened at the base, and thick lips. The mental characteristics are intense subjectively, lack of sustained logical thought, strong emotions, and a resoluteness of will that enables the Semites to…
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Source: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Editors: James Orr, John Nuelsen, Edgar Mullins, Morris Evans, and Melvin Grove Kyle Date: 1939 AD Title: Ruddy More Info rud’-i (‘adhmoni (1Sa 16:12; 17:42; Ge 25:25 the Revised Version margin), ‘adhom (Song 5:10); verbs ‘adham (La 4:7), and eruthriao, “to blush” (Ad Est 15:5)): “Ruddy” is the form taken…
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More Info “Herodotus reverts several time to the negroid character of the Egyptians and each time uses it as a fact of observation to argue more or less complex thesis. Thus to prove that the Greek oracle at Dodona in Epirus was of Egyptian origin, one of his arguments is the following: ‘… and when…
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More Info “Many Jews also are scatter’d over this Region; some Natives, boasting themselves of Abrahams seed, inhabiting both sides the River Niger (Niger River): Others are Asian Strangers, who fled thither either from the desolation of Jerusalem by Vespasian; or from Judea wasted and depopulated by the Romans, Persians, Saracens, and Christians: Or else…
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More Info “But what about the south of this margin of Saharan contacts? In the reign of Jean II of Portugal nearly 700 Jews were taken from their kin and deported to the island of Sao Thome on the west coast of Africa. This island is close to Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon. Escaping from Sao…
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More Info French (original) “Whydah (Fida, Hwedah, Ouida, Juda ou Ajuda) est une ville ancienne, fréquentée depuis le xvi” siècle par les négriers portugais, qui lui donnèrent son nom. Ses habitants étaient dits les ‘Judalques’, et on les considérait en effet comme un reste de tribus dispersées d’Israël; au Nord, la rivière d’Allala, dont le…
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