Haynes describes widespread explanation for black skin and slavery in the 1830's based on Noah's curse of Canaan.
- Type
- Book
- Source
- Stephen R. Haynes Non-LDS
- Hearsay
- Direct
- Reference
Stephen R. Haynes, Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002), 8
- Scribe/Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- People
- Stephen R. Haynes
- Audience
- General Public
PDF- Transcription
By the 1830s—when the American antislavery movement became organized, vocal, and aggressive—the scriptural defense of slavery had evolved into the "most elaborate and systemic statement" of proslavery theory … and references to Genesis 9 appeared prominently in [proslavery] publications.
- BHR Staff Commentary
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