The white Jews are counted enemies to the black Jews. It is established by tradition and by the concurring evidence of authentic records, that the black Jews had settled in India long- be fore the Christian era. It is also admitted that they settled there before the white Jews; and the station they occupy is a sufficient evidence of the fact. Those synagogues of black men* call themselves Beni Israel, or Israelites. They should not be called Jews, for that appellation belongs only to the tribe of Judah. The white Jews have no ancient historical records nor manuscripts among them. But the black Jews have copies of the law in their record chests. Some of those copies are very ancient, and written in a character that resembles the Palmyrene Hebrew. The reader will recollect that the ten tribes, who were not properly called Jews, were carried into captivity above seven hundred years before the Christian- era. Observations on the Climate in Different Parts of America, Compared with the Climate in Corresponding Parts of the Other Continent, To which are Added, Remarks on the Different Complexions of the Human Race; with Some Account of the Aborigines of America. Being an Introductory Discourse to the History of North-Carolina -
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