{"id":769,"date":"2024-01-12T19:40:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T03:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/portuguese-jews-were-as-black-as-the-moors\/"},"modified":"2024-01-12T19:40:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T03:40:04","slug":"portuguese-jews-were-as-black-as-the-moors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/portuguese-jews-were-as-black-as-the-moors\/","title":{"rendered":"Portuguese Jews Were as Black as the Moors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lD0TyVNMFt4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>According to a firsthand eyewitness account by William Bromley in the year 1693, many of the Jews in Portugal were as swarthy (dark or black) as the Moors. In order to get a good idea of exactly how black these Portuguese Jews were, this video examines multiple additional sources dealing with how black the Moors were so that an accurate comparison can be made.<\/p>\n<p>Source #1:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Sources of History in the Pentateuch: Six Lectures Delivered in Princeton Theological Seminary&quot; by Samuel Colcord Bartlett, page 118 (1883) New York, A.D.F. Randolph &amp; company<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/Sources_of_History_in_the_Pentateuch.html?id=eUxGAAAAYAAJ <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source #2:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The Methuens and Portugal, 1691-1708&quot; by Alan David Francis, page 10 (1966) Cambridge University Press<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/methuensportugal0000fran_a3z8\/page\/9\/mode\/1up?l<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source #3:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;New history GCSE course on migration branded &#8216;disturbing&#8217; and &#8216;dangerous&#8217;&quot;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/education\/12091770\/New-history-GCSE-course-on-migration-branded-disturbing-and-dangerous.html<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source #4:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Ancient and Modern Britons: A Retrospect, Volume 1&quot; by David MacRitchie, page 187 (1884) K. Paul, Trench &amp; Company<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.google.com\/books\/edition\/Ancient_and_Modern_Britons\/0QFbAAAAQAAJ<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source #5:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;King of the Moors submitting to the Antichrist&quot;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.aaeportal.com\/?id=27252&#038;cid=27252<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source #6:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Historic Coat of Arms of Aragon (Variant 1)&quot;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/commons.m.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Historic_Coat_of_Arms_of_Aragon_(Variant_1).svg<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source #7:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Monument of the Four Moors&quot;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monument_of_the_Four_Moors <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source #8:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Bust after the Borghese Moor&quot;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/826325 <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source #9:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Blackamoor&quot;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blackamoor_(decorative_arts) <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source #10:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The Moor&#8217;s Head&quot;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.corsica-aventure.com\/gb\/Le-Blog\/Corsica\/The-Moor-s-Head\/<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source #11:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Flag of Sardinia&quot;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flag_of_Sardinia <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source #12:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Moorish King&quot;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/204183<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source #13:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The Moor Statue at Bern&quot;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/commons.m.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Moor-Statue_at_Bern-Bern.jpg<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source #14:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Human History&quot; by Grafton Elliot Smith, page 139 (1934) London : J. cape<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/b30009832\/page\/1\/mode\/2up?<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source #15:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Nature Knows No Color-Line: Research into the Negro Ancestry in the White Race&quot; by J.A. Rogers, page 56 (1952) Wesleyan University Press<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/Nature_Knows_No_Color_Line.html?id=0T0HBgAAQBAJ <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source #16:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Nature Knows No Color-Line: Research into the Negro Ancestry in the White Race&quot; by J.A. Rogers, page 56 (1952) Wesleyan University Press<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/Nature_Knows_No_Color_Line.html?id=0T0HBgAAQBAJ <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source #17:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;King Arthur in the Lands of the Saracens by Nizar F. Hermes (2007)<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.nobleworld.biz\/images\/Hermes.pdf <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source #18:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The Present State of Europe: Exhibiting a View of the Natural and Civil History of the Several Countries and Kingdoms:&#8230;&quot; by Eobald Toze, page 18 (1770)<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/bim_eighteenth-century_the-present-state-of-eur_toze-eobald_1770_1\/mode\/1up<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source #19:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The Present State of Europe: Exhibiting a View of the Natural and Civil History of the Several Countries and Kingdoms:&#8230;&quot; by Eobald Toze, page 171 (1770)<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/bim_eighteenth-century_the-present-state-of-eur_toze-eobald_1770_1\/mode\/1up<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source #20:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Procopius: History of the wars, Books III and IV (Vandalic War)&quot; by Procopius, with an english translation by H. B. Dewing, page 321\/323 (1916) Havard University Press<\/p>\n<p> https:\/\/www.google.com\/books\/edition\/Procopius_History_of_the_wars_Books_III\/szQjAQAAMAAJ <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source #21:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Procopius: History of the wars, Books III and IV (Vandalic War)&quot; by Procopius, with an english translation by H. B. Dewing, page 479 (1916) Havard University Press<\/p>\n<p> https:\/\/www.google.com\/books\/edition\/Procopius_History_of_the_wars_Books_III\/szQjAQAAMAAJ <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Check out the full original videos:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Black Sephardic Jews (Part 1) - Presented By Tazarah\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/khlRAR3ecV0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BLACK SEPHARDIC JEWS (Part 2) - Presented By Tazarah\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T3pjYT69Sio?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Check out https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com<\/p>\n<p>#blackhistory<br \/>\n#jews<br \/>\n#history<br \/>\n#israelites<br \/>\n#judah<br \/>\n#hebrew<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a firsthand eyewitness account by William Bromley in the year 1693, many of the Jews in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tazarah"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hqdefault-263.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}