Bible History of the Negro

<p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>Richard A. Morrisey was a first-rate African-American biblical scholar-a valedictorian of Livingston College and a Doctor of Divinity president of the Greeneville College and the pastor of a number of churches in the American South and in Pennsylvania.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>Morrisey published Bible History of the Negro with the hope of inspiring a greater desire to read the Bible which he describes as giving the Negro a place among the foremost races of the world in wealth in education in honor and in religion-a history to which every member of the race may point with great pride and profound gratitude to Almighty God today; for the best way to judge the future of any people is by the past.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>Morrisey's book of unusual interest importance brings together brings together all the references to the black race in the Bible covering:</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>•HAM</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>•BATHSHEBA THE QUEEN OF SHEBA</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>•THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>•WISE MEN FROM THE EAST</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>•GENEALOGY OF CHRIST</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>•ONE OF THE TWELVE DISCIPLES</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>•SIMON THE CYRENIAN</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>•MEMBERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>•NIMROD FOUNDER OF THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>•MELCHIZEDEK</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>•HAGAR AND ISHMAEL</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>•RAHAB</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>•WORKMEN OF THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>•PHILIP AND THE ETHIOPIAN</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>•CANDACE QUEEN OF ETHIOPIA.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>In debunking Noah's curse of Ham as a justification for slavery Morrisey writes that Noah no doubt was angry at the time and spoke as one in such a temper in those times naturally would speak. Again God had already blessed the descendants of Ham before Noah made his attempt to curse them; and God had placed his blessings upon them and had not withdrawn it: Noah had no power to revoke whatever God had done however great his desire to pronounce a curse. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>This book called Bible History of the Negro Race is indeed of unusual interest and importance. It may be rightly termed a brief history of some of the world's most illustrious men and women.</span></p>