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A1614 Origin of white and colored races
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- Origin of various tribes · A1610 entry
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- Negroes as curse on Ham for laughing at Noah's nakedness · A1614.1 entry
- Races dark-skinned from bathing after white men. All peoples bathe in the river, the white man first, then in turn, the Spaniard, the Indian, and the negro – each becoming darker because of the condition of the water · A1614.2 entry
- Light and dark-skinned peoples made from light and dark coconuts · A1614.3 entry
- Origin of tribes from choices made · A1614.4 entry
- Negroes made from left-over scraps at creation · A1614.5 entry
- Origin of light and dark skin color · A1614.6 entry
- Indians and whites from different legs of first man · A1614.7 entry
- Black tribe because woman is put on fire · A1614.8 entry
- Origin of white man · A1614.9 entry