European Colonial Slavery and Oppression in Africa

Timeframe: 1500s–1900s CE


KEY TRUTHS

  • Forced Labor: Brutal forced labor exploited Ibriym in mines, plantations, and infrastructure projects.
  • Economic Exploitation: Forced cash crop cultivation enriched Europe while impoverishing Ibriym communities.
  • Cultural Suppression: European languages and education were imposed, marginalizing Ibriym culture and beliefs.
  • Identity Erasure: Torah observance, leadership, and distinct Ibriym identity were systematically suppressed.

Esau’s Offspring Carve Up the Continent

In the late 1800s, the scattered Ibriym still dwelling across the land known by the byword “Africa” faced a new dominion — not the ship, but the sword and flag. European powers — Rome’s heirs, descended from Esau — met at the Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 to divide the land without the consent of its people. Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Portugal, and Spain drew artificial borders with pens, not to unite, but to conquer and exploit. This moment signaled the beginning of modern colonialism, where every inch of soil and soul was laid bare to foreign claim.

This was no mere political alignment; it was the fulfillment of long-standing prophecy. These nations, representing Esau’s rule, extended his grip over the land and resources of the Ibriym. The presence of Ashkenazi Jewish financiers and merchants in these imperial exploits — particularly in banking, shipping, and trade — revealed the interconnectedness of those falsely claiming Hebrew identity and those subjugating the true seed. Debariym (Deuteronomy) 28:49, paraphrased, warned: “YaHU’aH will bring a nation against you from afar… a nation whose language you will not understand, a fierce nation.” It was not one — but many.

  • Esau’s European descendants divided and dominated the continent without consent.
  • The Berlin Conference institutionalized foreign rule, fulfilling covenant warnings of foreign dominion.
    (Deuteronomy 28:49)

Ibriym Forced into Mines, Plantations, and Colonial Labor

Under the yoke of European occupation, the Ibriym were forced into a new captivity — one of blood, sweat, and colonial chains. In the mines of Southern “Africa,” they clawed out gold and diamonds for European empires. On plantations in the Congo, under Belgium’s Leopold II, they harvested rubber under threat of death and mutilation. From Ghana to Tanzania, they built roads and railroads not for their own freedom, but for Esau’s industries. Even their own farmland was seized for cotton, cocoa, and coffee exports that enriched the oppressor and starved the native.

Debariym (Deuteronomy) 28:48, paraphrased, declared: “You shall serve your enemies… in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in need of everything. And He will put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you.” This was no spiritual metaphor. The yoke was literal. The labor was coerced. The Ibriym served in fields they did not own and built empires from which they would never profit. Yet YaHU’aH recorded every drop of sweat and every lash.

  • Colonial labor camps and mines enslaved Ibriym within their own ancestral lands.
  • Deuteronomy 28:48 foretold the hunger, thirst, and oppression under foreign rule.
    (Deuteronomy 28:48

Suppression of Torah, Language, and Identity

As colonial schools and missions expanded, a different war began — one not of rifles, but of books and Bibles. Missionaries preached a “Christ” foreign to the Ibriym. European education systems trained children to forget their tribes, their Torah, and their tongues. The Sabbath was outlawed in favor of Sunday worship. Circumcision, dietary laws, and covenant customs were labeled “heathen.” In place of Yahudah’s inheritance came Western nationalism. In place of YaHU’aH’s Name came the church.

Zekaryah (Zechariah) 13:8–9, paraphrased, warned that two-thirds of the people would be cut off and perish — only one-third would be refined. This spiritual suppression was that cutting. It dispelled the lie that colonialism civilized the Ibriym; it reprogrammed them. Schools that trained pastors erased prophets. Courts that claimed justice trampled tribal law. Yet in the silence, Torah traditions hid in the shadows — awaiting reawakening.

  • Colonial policies dismantled Ibriym language, leadership, and Torah foundations.
  • Zechariah 13:8–9 warns of refining through fire — this suppression was part of it.
    (Zechariah 13:8–9)

The Erasure of Ibriym Identity and Covenant Memory

As colonial rule deepened, the Ibriym became strangers in their own land. Names were changed. Lineages erased. Birth records rewritten in foreign tongues. Tribal elders were stripped of power, and local customs labeled primitive. Torah scrolls once hidden in huts were confiscated or replaced with crosses. The generation born under colonialism knew the European alphabet better than the ancestral tongue. Where once stood covenant communities, now stood schoolhouses of assimilation and churches of confusion. The sons of Yahudah, Binyamin, and Lewi were turned into subjects of European monarchs — spiritually disoriented, politically bound.

Debariym (Deuteronomy) 28:37, paraphrased, declared: “You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all nations where YaHU’aH drives you.” "Africa" itself became a byword. The Ibriym — once priests and scribes — were renamed “Negro,” “Bantu,” “slave,” “tribal.” The nations forgot who they were. But more tragically, they forgot who they belonged to. Yet the promise was never void. The scrolls may have been burned, but the covenant was not. YaHU’aH remembered.

  • Colonialism erased names, tribes, languages, and the memory of the covenant.
  • Deuteronomy 28:37 foretold the use of bywords and astonishment among the nations.
    (Deuteronomy 28:37)

The Prophetic Remnant Will Rise Again

Though beaten down for centuries, the Ibriym are not forgotten. From the ash of empire, YaHU’aH is raising a remnant. Not through seminaries, but through revelation. Not through governments, but through His Ruach (Breath). A scattered people are remembering the covenant. Sons and daughters once called “African” are realizing they are the seed of Ya’aqob. They are keeping the Shabbath. They are calling on the true Name. The curses are lifting — not all at once, but with power. This is the sign that the captivity is ending.

YashaYAHU (Isaiah) 10:20–21, paraphrased, promised: “And it shall come to pass… the remnant of Yashar’al… shall never again rely on him who struck them, but will truly rely on YaHU’aH… The remnant will return… to the Mighty AL’uah.” This is that time. The remnant is real. The regathering has begun. The land still waits, but the people are stirring. And no colonizer, no impostor, no system can stop what YaHU’aH has begun.

  • The remnant of Yashar’al is awakening in the very lands of their colonial captivity.
  • Isaiah 10:20–21 confirms the return of the remnant who trust only in YaHU’aH.
    (Isaiah 10:20–21).

AHMAYN