This Was Especially So When The Slave Trade Was Operating Under The Flag Of "Christian Nations." Says Historian H. Fisher. "It Is A Terrible Commentary On Christian Civilization That The Longest Period Of Slave-Raiding Known To History Was Initiated By The Action Of Spain, Portugal, France, 'Holland And Britain After the Christian Faith Had For More Than A Thousand Years Been The Established Religion Of Western Europe". The 'Slaveowners, Good Churchgoers For The Most Part, Used To Justify The System Of Referring To The Mythical Curse On Blacks. Today, In Some Places, Many Whites Still Use The Same Argument To Try To "Whitewash" Discrimination Against Blacks.

Make Sure Of All Things, Hold On To What Is Fast, Page 406-407, By The Jehovah's Witnesses. "According To The Slave-Holder's Interpretation Of The Bible, An Interpretation Believed By Many To This Day - Negroes Were Descendants Of Ham And, As Such, An Inferior Tribe Subject To Noah's Curse.

'"A Servant Of Servants Shall He Be Unto His Brethren" (Genesis 9:25). Actually, The Curse Was, Laid Upon Ham's Son, Canaan, And On His Descendants The 'Canaanites', Who Were Reduced To Servitude By The Israelites When He Later Conquered The Land Of Canaan. No Doubt The Words In Genesis 9:25 Represent A Comment After The Fact, Written By The Hebrew Writers Of The Bible To Justify The Enslavement Of The Canaanites. In Any Case, The Point Of The Matter Is That The Reference Is To The Canaanites Only, The Canaanites Were Certainly White Men."