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Freemasons Traded Black People as Slaves: Templar Knights came into existence in the 11th century when nine French Europeans gave their properties to the Roman Papacy in exchange to excavate beneath Solomon's temple in Jerusalem.

When the men returned to Europe after nine years of digging, they did not tell what they found. However, with the Roman Papacy's newly formed Cistercian monks, they built 500 monasteries throughout Europe and from them did manufacturing and sales. They also acquired colossal farms that crossed over borders of European countries. Hence, Templar Knights began the first multi-national corporations.

The number of Templar Knights increased. Some managed their European agricultural businesses while others went to Jerusalem to fight the Roman Papacy's wars against Muslims. In Jerusalem, Roman Catholic pilgrims and military personnel paid some Knights a fee to protect personal items and to provide financial services. Therefore, Templar Knights started the banking industry.

Templar Knights discovered sugar when they were in Jerusalem. However, farming sugar cane and processing the juice into crystallized sugar required a large workforce. Thus, the Roman Papacy and Templar Knights enslaved conquered Muslims.

Jews that were merchants in Venice invested in the sugar business.

Most of the sugar was transported to Europe, and because it was expensive, sugar was available only to the rich and to the Roman Catholic hierarchy.

Templar Knights became wealthy, powerful, had a private army, and answered only to the Papacy, which had decreed that they were above the laws of European governments, and thus, mandated that their businesses were not taxed.

However, in the early 1300s, the Roman Papacy joined with King Philip of France to execute the Knights because King Philip owed them money, and therefore, he feared that the Knights would seize French lands.

The Knights had been tipped off of the oncoming assault. Nevertheless, some Knights were caught. They were tried by King Philip and the Papacy for false criminal activities and burned at the stake.

Most of their wealth went to the Roman Papacy and members of European nobility.

And then the Papacy ordered European nations to apprehend and execute the Knights. Thus, because masons who were building the Papacy's cathedrals across Europe had permission to travel without hindrance, some Knights camouflaged as masons, and thus, Templar Knights took up residence in different European countries. Therefore, according to Professor of history at UCLA, and host of The Western Tradition, Dr. Eugen Weber, the influence of Templar Knights dropped " … precipitously … ".

However, continued Dr. Weber, as Templar Knights for two centuries in the Crusades battled Muslims for the Papacy in Jerusalem, so the Knights were " … revived … " to beat back Muslims' encroachment in the Mediterranean region, historically known as Rome's " … pond … ".

Templar Knights finally expelled Muslims from Europe in 1492 with the re-conquest of Granada, Spain. Hence, that same year, per Dr. Weber, " … the Spanish crown [Roman Catholic] finally gave Columbus [Templar Knight] permission to sail."

The Papacy had divided the world between Spain and Portugal, and thus, the two countries facilitated their citizens setting up sugar plantations on Madeira and the Canaries, off Africa's coast. Hence, Columbus' job had been to transport sugar to Genoa, Italy, from his family's plantation on Madeira. Professor Donald L. Miller, Ph.D., noted: ..........."

Therefore, profits from sugar had zoomed because, in addition to being a sweetener, sugar was a preservative and a spice, it was added to medicines to make them palatable, and when combined with almond, sugar was carved into artistic objects as done today with almond paste. Thus, there was a demand for sugar including from bakers to make the designs that brought them fame.

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