An important habit to notice about Sewall in his writing, is that he tended to manipulate the context of Bible verses, taking most of the verses at face value or ignoring their significance completely. A good start is the first Bible verse Sewall used in favor of his first answer; African Americans are descendants of Cush not Cham, Psalm 68:31 “Envoys will come from Egypt; Cush will submit herself to God.” There is no logical way, within the context of the verse, to support his first answer with Psalm 68:31. Yes, the verse mentions a people group emerging from Cush, now Ethiopia, to unite under Gods’ banner but it doesn’t show that ‘Black Men’ are from Cush. A whole part of Sewalls’ argument rested on his statement that “the Blackmores are
