Noah's Curse : The Biblical Justification of American Slavery
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Religion in America
ISBN-10
0195142799
ISBN-13
9780195142792
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
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Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 25th, 2002
Print length
322 Pages
Weight
664 grams
Dimensions
24.20 x 19.60 x 2.60 cms
Product Classification:
Slavery & abolition of slaveryEthnic minorities & multicultural studies
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"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. In this work, Stephen Haynes examines the history of the American interpretation of Noah's curse, turning to the ways in which the curse was appropriated by American pro-slavery and pro-segregation interpreters.
"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 the biblical justification for American slavery and segregation. In this book Stephen Haynes examines the history of the American interpretation of Noah''s curse. He 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. He argues that the story of Noah''s curse was compelling for antebellum white Southerners because it resonated with the themes of antiquity, domesticity, race, and sin.
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