Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American SlaveryOxford University Press, 2002 M03 28 - 322 pages "A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren." So reads Noah's curse on his son Ham, and all his descendants, in Genesis 9:25. Over centuries of interpretation, Ham came to be identified as the ancestor of black Africans, and Noah's curse to be seen as biblical justification for American slavery and segregation. Examining the history of the American interpretation of Noah's curse, this book begins with an overview of the prior history of the reception of this scripture and then turns to the distinctive and creative ways in which the curse was appropriated by American pro-slavery and pro-segregation interpreters. |
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... regarded primarily as a story of differentiation among Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Triggered by some transgression on the part of Ham, Noah prophesies the distinct destinies his sons' descendants will assume in the corporate ...
... regarded primarily as a story of differentiation among Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Triggered by some transgression on the part of Ham, Noah prophesies the distinct destinies his sons' descendants will assume in the corporate ...
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... regarded it with suspicion since neither the Bible nor science demonstrated that the blacks descended from Ham.”38 Genovese's challenge raises a series of questions regarding the role of Noah's curse in antebellum America: How central ...
... regarded it with suspicion since neither the Bible nor science demonstrated that the blacks descended from Ham.”38 Genovese's challenge raises a series of questions regarding the role of Noah's curse in antebellum America: How central ...
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... regarded as providing the justification for black enslavement missing from other biblical texts. If the majority of antebellum proslavery intellectuals failed to emphasize the racial dimensions of Genesis 9:20–27,45 it is not because ...
... regarded as providing the justification for black enslavement missing from other biblical texts. If the majority of antebellum proslavery intellectuals failed to emphasize the racial dimensions of Genesis 9:20–27,45 it is not because ...
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Contents
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HONOR AND ORDER | 63 |
NOAHS CAMERA | 123 |
REDEEMING THE CURSE | 175 |
Notes | 223 |
Bibliography | 299 |
Index | 314 |
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