The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-07-15
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BIBLICAL BLACK MEN

edity. The cradle OF the human
race was probably the valley be-
tween the Tigris and Euphrates
whence sections OF Adams migrat-
ed to different parts Of the world.
In the measure in which men were
affected by their new environment,
different races began gradually to
form. The labor performed. the
food eaten. the way OF living. left
in each case an indelible impress
on the body. Again. those who
lived near the equator where the
suns rays are most direct grad
ually became black. Those in the
temperate and frigid zones shad-
ed OF into lighter colors. Since In
the beginning the human race was
pliable and flexible. these acquired
became stable and
were transmitted by heredity. -
tBy the Rev. DR.. r. G. Bandas-
The Catholic Bulletin.)
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The black man has been misrep-
resented by prejudiced historians.
1t has been and is now quoted that
Ham, the father OF the black man.
was cursed by his father. Noah.
Let US take the Biblical record for
1t by reading in the Book OF Cen
esis, the 9th Chapter from the goth
TO the 9th. verse inclusive. that
Noah did not, "for he could not
curse" Ham. although he did in a
At OF intoxication pronounce a
curse on Canaan. the son OF Ham.
Canaan was never nconvenienced
by the curse of Noah. because he
was the Father OF seven prosperous
nations. among them were the
Canaanites. Phonecians and Sido-
mans.
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Solomon ordered Hiram OF Tyre
to secure the services OF black men
to do the skilled hewing and de-
signing of the timber work on the
temple. Solomon declaring that
these black men (Sidonians) were
the only men possessed with suffi-
cient skill TO take charge OF and
successfully complete the artistic
timber work on His" Solomon's
temple.-(First Kings 5th chapter
9Th verse;
Daniel 7th chapter 9th and 10th
verses: / beheld till the thrones
were cast down. and the Ancient Of
days did sit. whose garment was
white as snow, and the HAIR OF
HIS HEAD LIKE THE PURE
WOOL: his throne was like the
fiery flame and his wheels as burn
ing fire.
A fiery stream issued and came
forth from before him: thousand
thousands ministered unto him. and
ten thousand time ten thousand
stood before him: the Judgment
was set, and the books were open
ed.
on Daniels prophecy is true
Christ when he left this earth had
woolly hair.)
Moses received what education
he had in the schools OF the black
people OF Egypt and married an
Ethiopian woman. plumbers 18th
chapter. LIST verse.) Quote from
the BIble):
And Miriam and Aaron spake
against Moses because OF the
Ethiopian woman whom he had
married: for he had married an
Ethiopian woman"
In Biblical times the slaves
sometimes escaped Il Sam. 25:1o)
in which event. the master had
the right OF reception. This right
seems to have extended to the ter
ritory OF the neighboring nations.
as was exemplihed in the case OF
Shlmei pursuing his fugities into
the territory. and even 10 the house
OF the King OF Gath q Kings $3.50.
400. With the characteristic ex-
clusiveness OF the Jews. they de-
MED this right TO other nations
whose slaves sought refuge among
them. (Deut. 2s:15. 16).
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In ancient times the black man
was a favorite among slaves. The
opposite color. white" does not
seem to have enjoyed the same IA
voritism. According TO Plutarch.
In the Life OF AgesiIaus. when the
king made an expedition into Per-
sia he ordered his commissaries
one day to strip and sell all the
prisoners. Their clothes sold free
ly, but as to the prisoners them
selves. their skins being soft and
white, by reason OF their having
lived SO much within doors, the
spectators only laughed at them.
they would be Of no serv-
ice as slaves.
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