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03 Dec

Israel Exiled Into West Africa

One For All0 CommentsHistorical References1800s, 1865, Asia Minor, Central Africa, Ethiopians, Galla, Igbo, Language, Niger River, North Africa, University of Chicago

Source: West African Countries and Peoples, British and NativeWith 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 (University of Chicago) 1865 A.D. - Page 189-190 "The ten tribes of Israel, after they were left to follow the dictates of their own mind, and during the commotion and destructive warfare which ensued, to escape utter extermination, migrated, according to the usage of the times, in vast numbers into various countries, but principally into Northern Africa, as it then presented the safest and easiest route.…

01 Dec

Semites Are a Dark Complexioned, Curly Hair, Thick Lipped Race

One For All0 CommentsHistorical References1900s, 1915, Dark Complexion, University of Chicago

Source: The Biblical World (University of Chicago) 1915 A.D. Page 210, "This race is characterized by a dark complexion, thick, black, curly hair, a hooked nose, rather thickened at the base, and thick lips." This book tells us about the black features of Shemites. Interestingly, this book put the Ethiopians into the Semitic family (we know Ethiopians are Hamites because the Bible tells us this) which once again shows the Israelites have a physical and linguistical affinity with Ethiopian peoples.