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- noun Plural form of
Hamite . - proper noun a group of heteromorph ammonites of the Turrilitaceae superfamily, alive during the
Cretaceous
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The last word on this development has not yet been said, and there is still much to learn and explain; but it is certainly proved to-day beyond doubt that the so-called Hamites of Africa, the brown and black curly and frizzly-haired inhabitants of North and East Africa, are not "white" men if we draw the line between white and black in any logical way.
The Negro 1915
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The ruling tribes among the people were called the Hamites, the "sunburnt race," according to Dr. Winchell.
Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Various 1905
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The ruling tribes are called Hamites -- the sunburnt family, according to Dr. Winchell; of Nigritic origin, says Canon Rawlinson.
The Negro and the White Man Wesley John 1897
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The ruling tribes are called Hamites -- the "sunburnt" family according to Dr. Winchell; of Negritic origin, says Canon Rawlinson.
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The logical outcome of this is that Ishmael's sons ended up marrying other Hamites, and the sons and daughters of those marriages ended up marrying other Hamites, a process that kept occurring until the rise of Islam in the 7th Century.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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The Hamites which are according to Morris: Black Africans, Asians, Polynesians, Native Americans and Australians — T.B. have usually been able to go only so far with their explorations and inventions, and no further.
Evolution denial as the legacy of slavery - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Sometimes the Hamites, especially the Negroes, have even become actual slaves to the others.
Evolution denial as the legacy of slavery - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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The Sumerians had something the succeeding Hamites, Semites and Aryans lacked.
The Moon of Skulls Howard, Robert E. 2005
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The Aborigines or Hamites, such as the Negro Sawahili, the
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The Berbers and other North African races possess a darker skin probably because of the admixture of Ethiopian stock, and they, too, are so well characterized that they form a clearly marked outlying group as the so-called Hamites.
The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Henry Edward Crampton
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