The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-06-23
The Man In Black
The. Bright Side Of
A Dark Subject
BY Allen J. Butler

We, the people of African de-
scent, in many instances find our
selves at the crossroads of life not
knowing which road to take, as
our picture has been painted so
glommy by the majority groups in
all parts of the so-called civilized
world. The true history of our
people has been, and still is, hid
from us. Not knowing our true
selves, very large majority of us
have developed into a group of
pessimists, so much so we don't
believe we ever did or ever will
amount to anything, or that our
people are capable of doing any,
thing worth while. There are 9TH
ers that are so melancholy they
haven't confidence enough in them
selves to undertake any kind of
constructive program or business
on large scale. In reading Bible
history we are taught that Noah
cursed Ham, and all of the black
people were doomed from that day.
There are others that are at least
truthful and admit ii was not Ham
but Hams fourth son, Canaan,
that was cursed, and for that rea-
son we would be hewers of wood
and drawers of water all the days
of our lives. Even if that were
true, it could not apply to us. 1t
might be interesting to our read
ers, and especially to those that
are not well informed in Bible his
tory, to know there is no record
anywhere to prove that any of the
Canaanites even went to, or lived,
in Africa. History does show they
were killed by the Israelites, or
else lost their identity among the
Jews until this present day. One
of the disciples of Jesus was a
Canaanite. The part of the world
known today as Palestine was
called Canaan in the days of old.
1t was the Canaanites, that built
the first walled cities after the
flood, and planted the first vine
yards and olive trees, bred the
first cattle, sheep and goats, rear
ed the first Arabian stock, dug the
first wells, and built the first dams
and were the greatest husbandry
of all times. Canaan was the
greatest and most productive place
in the world, so much so the Lord
referred to it as the land that
flows with milk and honey. The
Jews called it the Land of Prom
Use. They grew the largest clust-
ers of grapes in the world, they
produced pomegranates and figs,
the largest and best the world ever
saw. The Canaanites were the
first to hive bees and produce no.
ney on a commercial basis. Many
of the old landmarks of the Can
aanites still stand, and many of
the cities still have the Canaanite
names, Heborn, Jericho, Zoar, Tin,
Rehob, and Klamath, named after
the sons of the Canaanitish family.
Ham, the father of Canaan, jour-
neyed into Egypt and built the
first city in Egypt after the flood,
the city Of Zoan, seven years after
Canaan had built Heborn, named
after his son. The Hamites are
the fathers of art, science and of
sculpture. They have the oldest
region, they built the first church
es, and had the first priests. The
Hamites later journeyed up the
Nile and settled in what is now
called Ethiopia. We are not taught
that the original Egyptians are
Hamites, and the Pharoahs of old
were black men. Even the Phar-
aoh that was lost in the Red Sea.
1t was the ancient Egyptians that
educated the Arabians, the Ara
bians educated the Greeks, and the
Greeks educated the world. MINI
rod, the first Monarch, the builder
of Babel, Erech and Accad, in the
land of Shinar. Nimrod was the
grandson of Ham, and the son of
Cush, and is referred to in the BIZ
BILE as the mighty hunter before
the Lord. There is no history that
he was ever in Africa and smote
all the first-born in Egypt. The
chief of their strength in the Tab
ernacles of Ham, Psalm, 1851, Is
rael, also came into Egypt, and
WONDERFUL