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1621 AD: Judaism Was “Rampant” On Sao Tome (West Africa)

Posted on November 20, 2023April 9, 2024 By TayU Yaho No Comments on 1621 AD: Judaism Was “Rampant” On Sao Tome (West Africa)
1621 AD: Judaism Was “Rampant” On Sao Tome (West Africa)

“Iberian rulers altogether, others found that the Portuguese communities that were being formed in the Atlantic were more tolerant of religious difference. Many Jews wen either to north Africa and settled in the fortified Portuguese port towns, or to the islands and the mainland trading posts, from where they could put down roots in the…

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2022 AD: Rabbi Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota and The Color of Sephardic Jews

Posted on November 6, 2023November 6, 2023 By Dante Fortson No Comments on 2022 AD: Rabbi Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota and The Color of Sephardic Jews
2022 AD: Rabbi Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota and The Color of Sephardic Jews
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There is an ongoing debate as to the racial identity of Sephardic (Spanish and Portuguese Jews). Rabbi Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota gives his response to Tazarah on the matter.
Link: Click Here Channel: Tazarah Date: 11/06/23 Title: Are Israelites Misusing Old Books That Say Jews Were Black? Let’s Ask a Sephardic Rabbi With a Ph.D!
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1864 AD: Congregation of Negro Portuguese Kidnapped And Sold Into Slavery

Posted on October 29, 2023November 18, 2023 By Dante Fortson No Comments on 1864 AD: Congregation of Negro Portuguese Kidnapped And Sold Into Slavery
1864 AD: Congregation of Negro Portuguese Kidnapped And Sold Into Slavery

More Info “Some of the kidnapping tales that still linger on this coast, show the straits into which, at times, men were driven for a cargo. At Annobom, where the people are Negro Portuguese, they are ever looking forward to hearing mass from the mouth of a priest. A Spaniard learning this, dressed up a…

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1500s AD: Portuguese Jews Condemned To Slavery

Posted on October 20, 2023November 1, 2023 By Dante Fortson No Comments on 1500s AD: Portuguese Jews Condemned To Slavery
1500s AD: Portuguese Jews Condemned To Slavery

More Info “Afterwards, the large owners of feudal estates introduced with the white peasantry a certain number of black slaves, by whom a slight strain of dark blood was transmitted to the other settlers. The Jews expelled from Portugal at the beginning of the sixteenth century were also condemned to slavery and distributed over various…

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c 1540 AD: Jewish Couple In 16th Century Portuguese Códice Casanatense

Posted on October 19, 2023November 1, 2023 By Dante Fortson No Comments on c 1540 AD: Jewish Couple In 16th Century Portuguese Códice Casanatense
c 1540 AD: Jewish Couple In 16th Century Portuguese Códice Casanatense

More Info Anonymous Portuguese illustration contained within the 16th century Códice Casanatense, depicting the Jewish people of the Malabar Coast in India. The inscription reads: Malabarese Jews.

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1843 AD: The Jews of Portugal Are Very Dark

Posted on October 19, 2023December 20, 2023 By Dante Fortson No Comments on 1843 AD: The Jews of Portugal Are Very Dark
1843 AD: The Jews of Portugal Are Very Dark

More Info “The Jews have assimilated in physical characters to the nations among whom they have long resided, though still to be recognised by some minute peculiarities of physiognomy. In the northern countries of Europe they are fair, or xanthous. Blue eyes and flaxen hair are seen in English Jews ; and in some parts…

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1836 AD: The Tribe of Judah Migrated To Guinea In West Africa

Posted on October 18, 2023October 29, 2023 By Dante Fortson No Comments on 1836 AD: The Tribe of Judah Migrated To Guinea In West Africa
1836 AD: The Tribe of Judah Migrated To Guinea In West Africa

More Info “The tribe of Juda was not stopped in its migration westward by the sea ; or, perhaps when it was driven out from Egypt, part of it moved to the West, along the coast of the Mediterranean, till it got round to Guinea, and there it is yet, with its native curly head,…

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1987 AD: Judaism Was Brought To America By Black Slaves From West Africa

Posted on November 16, 2020November 12, 2023 By Dante Fortson No Comments on 1987 AD: Judaism Was Brought To America By Black Slaves From West Africa
1987 AD: Judaism Was Brought To America By Black Slaves From West Africa

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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1890 AD: The Kingdom of Juda Believed To Be Lost Tribes of Israel

Posted on November 16, 2020November 18, 2023 By Dante Fortson No Comments on 1890 AD: The Kingdom of Juda Believed To Be Lost Tribes of Israel
1890 AD: The Kingdom of Juda Believed To Be Lost Tribes of Israel

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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