"Answers all vital Bible questions regarding the colored race, should be in every home and church." -Pittsburgh Courier, 1953 "Interesting, significant ... brings together all the references to the Negro in the Bible." -American Journal of Sociology, 1927 "The first of its kind in modern scholarship to detail the genealogy of Ham ... a biblical scholar of the first magnitude." -The Chronological History of the Roanoke Missionary Baptist Assoc. (2012) Reverend Richard A. Morrisey (born 1858) 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. In 1915, 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." Morrisey's book of unusual interest importance brings together brings together all the references to the black race in the Bible, covering: *HAM, *BATHSHEBA, THE QUEEN OF SHEBA, *THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH, *"WISE MEN FROM THE EAST," *GENEALOGY OF CHRIST, *ONE OF THE TWELVE DISCIPLES, *SIMON THE CYRENIAN, *MEMBERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH, *NIMROD FOUNDER OF THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE, *MELCHIZEDEK, *HAGAR AND ISHMAEL, *RAHAB, *WORKMEN OF THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON, *PHILIP AND THE ETHIOPIAN, *CANDACE, QUEEN OF ETHIOPIA. 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descendants of Ham before Noah made his attempt to curse them; and God had placed his blessings upon them and had not withdrawn it: Noah had no power to revoke whatever God had done, however great his desire to pronounce a curse." 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.

The Bible History of the Negro is a 1915 collection of all Biblical references to Africans. The first of its kind, it offers a detailed overview of all the relevant passages in the Scriptures, and it caters to questions regarding people of color and the Bible. A valuable historical artifact, it sheds light on this African influence in the Bible and provides genealogical background of Ham.

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. 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." Morrisey's book of unusual interest importance brings together brings together all the references to the black race in the Bible, covering: -HAM, -BATHSHEBA, THE QUEEN OF SHEBA, -THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH, -"WISE MEN FROM THE EAST," -GENEALOGY OF CHRIST, -ONE OF THE TWELVE DISCIPLES, -SIMON THE CYRENIAN, -MEMBERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH, -NIMROD FOUNDER OF THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE, -MELCHIZEDEK, -HAGAR AND ISHMAEL, -RAHAB, -WORKMEN OF THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON, -PHILIP AND THE ETHIOPIAN, -CANDACE, QUEEN OF ETHIOPIA. 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." 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.

"The Bible gives the first and only true account of the origin of mankind. It is the only book containing an accurate record of the progress of man toward civilization, and it is the indispensable reference of all searchers after the real facts of the birth of humanity and its progress toward the civilization of today; beginning with his creation, it is the only authentic record of man; authentic because it is first hand, not a copy of something else or a scientific or literary review, but a dispassionate record of man's creation and progress, untrimmed, unshaped and unvarnished, to suit prejudice. It would not be a complete record if it did not show with the rest of them the origin of the black man and "Woe for all these pinnacle thieves"—it shows that he, the "black man" is the "father of civilization."" James Morris Webb (1878-1940) was an American scholar and preacher.