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Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery

Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery

Paperback

Series: Religion in America

Religion General 19th Century United States HistoryBible Studies

ISBN10: 0195313070
ISBN13: 9780195313079
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Feb 3 2007
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
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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