Yes he in fact was black, he had 47 scribes translate the bible from hebrew to english inthe year 1611, 8 years later, 1619, the so called "negros" (who are in fact the real, original hebrew Israelites) fell into captivity and were brought to america where they adopted the english language. Just as the bible went from hebrew to english, the "african-american" language went from hebrew to english, king james had it translated for us www.thecomforter.info