Tag: West Africa

1749 AD: Negroes From Whydah Were The Best Slaves

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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 hardy, 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,…

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

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“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: Igbo Declared Descendants of Ancient Israelites

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QUESTION: There exists a claim that the Igbos of Nigeria belong to the Children of Israel. There are millions of inhabitants in and out of Igboland who belong to the Igbo tradition. Much has been written about the Igbo traditions, which attest to the claim, including historical and anthropological works, detailing lore, customs, sociology, philosophy,…

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1492 AD: Sephardic Jews Put Into Slavery – An Eyewitness Account of The Jewish Expulsion From Spain

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“And in the year 5252 (1492), in the days of King Ferdinand, the Lord visited the remnant of his people a second time (the first Spanish visitation was in 1391), and exiled them. After the King had captured the city of Granada from the Moors, and it had surrendered to him on the 7th (2d)…

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1864 AD: Congregation of Negro Portuguese Kidnapped And Sold Into Slavery

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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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1820 AD: Israelites Believed To Be In Central Africa

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“Yahoodie, a place of great trade.” This place is reported to be inhabited by one of the lost tribes of Israel, possibly an immigration from the tribe of Judah. Yahooda, in African Arabic, signifies Judah. Yahoodee signifies Jew. it is not impossible, that many of the lost tribes of Israel may be found dispersed in…

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1737 AD: Map of The Kingdom of Juda In West Africa

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“Hase was a mathematics professor at Wittenberg since 1719 and started working for Homann Heirs, a map publishing firm run by the descendants of the renowned German cartographer Johann Baptiste Homann, in the 1730s. His map of Africa, based on “the latest reports and observations,” shows some regions or kingdoms, but not all of them…

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1500s AD: Portuguese Jews Condemned To Slavery

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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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The Kingdom of Juda / Whydah Mapping Project

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Map DATE LINK COUNTRY SPELLING 1707 AD Click Here France Juda 1710 AD Click Here England FidaWhiddah 1720 AD Click Here Amsterdam Juda 1727 AD Click Here England FidaWhiddah 1737 AD Click Here Germany Juda 1740 AD Click Here Netherlands Juda 1743 AD Click Here Germany Juda 1747 AD Click Here England Juda Whidah 1750…

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