Israelite Expulsion from Spain and Portugal - Into Africa and the Americas (working Copy

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:03:12 +0000

⁣“Israelite Expulsion from Spain and Portugal: Into Africa and the Americas”
This video uncovers one of the most overlooked chapters of Israelite history — the mass expulsion of Afro‑Iberian Jews and Afro‑Asiatic Israelites from Spain and Portugal between the 1400s and 1600s, and how their forced displacement reshaped populations across Africa and the Americas.
Beginning with the Alhambra Decree (1492) and the Portuguese Edicts (1496–1497), the video traces how Black and Afro‑Asiatic Israelites — including Sephardic Jews, Conversos, Marranos, and Lançados — were expelled, enslaved, deported, or pushed into exile. Many fled into North Africa, while others were forcibly transported into West Africa, merging with existing Israelite‑linked communities already present in the Sahel and coastal regions.
From there, the video follows the next stage of the diaspora:
Expelled Israelites entering Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya
Forced deportations into Senegal, Gambia, Guinea‑Bissau, Sierra Leone, and Angola
The rise of Afro‑Sephardic merchant communities along the West African coast
The eventual transfer of many of these same populations into the Americas during the Atlantic slave trade
This is the forgotten migration arc connecting Iberia, Africa, and the New World — revealing how the expulsion of Israelites from Western Europe contributed directly to the formation of African‑descended Israelite communities across the Atlantic.
The video breaks down:
The Iberian Inquisition and racialized expulsion policies
Afro‑Iberian Israelite communities before 1492
Deportation routes into North & West Africa
Cultural and genealogical continuity across the diaspora
How these movements shaped later populations in the Americas
This is the historical bridge between Europe, Africa, and the Americas — a story rarely told, but essential for understanding the full Israelite diaspora.