Research Catalog

Title

The Cushite, or, The descendants of Ham as found in the sacred Scriptures : and in the writings of ancient historians and poets from Noah to the Christian era / by Rufus L. Perry, D.D., LL.D.

Author

Perry, Rufus L. (Rufus Lewis), 1833 or 4-1895.

Publication

Springfield, Mass. : Willey & Co., 1893.

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Details

Description

[4], [iii]-x, 11-175, [1] p.; 20 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

• Cushite
• Descendants of Ham as found in the sacred Scriptures

Subject

• Cushites
• Black race

Genre/Form

Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1893, by Rufus L. Perry, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
• Includes index.
• Last page blank.

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in ink on recto of second free endleaf "Very Sincerely Yours June 17th 1898 [illegible]." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

1. Introduction / by T. McCants Stewart, Esq. -- 2. Preface -- 3. Ethnographic records -- 4. Early settlement of Cushites -- 5. Location of Ethiopia -- 6. Aboriginal Egyptians -- 7. Egyptians and Ethiopians, one and the same race -- 8. Color of the Egyptians -- 9. Kings of Egypt -- 10. Early civilization of Cushites -- 11. Nimrod -- 12. Capitals of Ethiopia and Egypt -- 13. Ruins of Ethiopia and Egypt -- 14. Cushites the founders of heathen worship -- 15. Ethiopian Cushites in the age of Moses -- 16. The Ethiopian wives of Moses -- 17. Social relations of the Cushite and the Jew -- 18. Sesostris and Memnon -- 19. The Queen of Sheba -- 20. Shishak, Zerah, So, Tirhakah, Ebed-Melech -- 21. Mention of African nations -- 22. Magnates of Libya -- 23. Prejudice against the Negro modern -- 24. The modern Cushite -- Index.

Call Number

Sc Rare 572.893-P (Perry, R. L. Cushite)

OCLC

• 9061581
• NYPGR9061581-B

Author

Perry, Rufus L. (Rufus Lewis), 1833 or 4-1895.

Title

The Cushite, or, The descendants of Ham as found in the sacred Scriptures : and in the writings of ancient historians and poets from Noah to the Christian era / by Rufus L. Perry, D.D., LL.D.

Imprint

Springfield, Mass. : Willey & Co., 1893.

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 572.893-P (accession no. B429295) inscribed: in ink on recto of second free endleaf "Very Sincerely Yours June 17th 1898 [illegible]." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Researchers are restricted to the microform copy in: Sc Micro R-6267, or the electronic resource.

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 572.893-P (Perry, R. L. Cushite)