Slavery And Abolition, 1831-1841
Slavery And Abolition, 1831-1841
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. . The savage can only be tamed by being enslaved or by having slaves"; and he proceeds to demonstrate that the African negro is, at best, an inferior variety of the hxmian race.* This inferiority was at great length argued on physical grounds: the negro brain is lighter in proportion to his weight; his skin has an extra quantity of pigment; he has a long head, unusual proportions, woolly hair; his features are brutal; his vocal organs incatxihle of pronoimcing white folks' language ; ho has a...n iuiimal odor — such are the arguments reix\itoil by w-riter after writer.* The negro's intellectual inforiority was equally * Harper, in rV>vS/*itvry .Aryimirn/, t j-i6.
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x86o] DEFENCE OP SLAVERY 143 set up against him, though few southern writers went to the extent of saying " none has given evi- dence of an approach to even mediocrity of intel- lectual excellence."* That ignorant slaves were inferior to educated masters was self-evident; the materials were not at hand for so complete a judg- ment as to whether they were in all cases inferior to ignorant white people; and it was diffictdt to maintain that no person having negro blood was capable of intellectual effort.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
. . The savage can only be tamed by being enslaved or by having slaves"; and he proceeds to demonstrate that the African negro is, at best, an inferior variety of the hxmian race.* This inferiority was at great length argued on physical grounds: the negro brain is lighter in proportion to his weight; his skin has an extra quantity of pigment; he has a long head, unusual proportions, woolly hair; his features are brutal; his vocal organs incatxihle of pronoimcing white folks' language ; ho has a...n iuiimal odor — such are the arguments reix\itoil by w-riter after writer.* The negro's intellectual inforiority was equally * Harper, in rV>vS/*itvry .Aryimirn/, t j-i6.
• Van Bviic, A't-^fWi and «V
x86o] DEFENCE OP SLAVERY 143 set up against him, though few southern writers went to the extent of saying " none has given evi- dence of an approach to even mediocrity of intel- lectual excellence."* That ignorant slaves were inferior to educated masters was self-evident; the materials were not at hand for so complete a judg- ment as to whether they were in all cases inferior to ignorant white people; and it was diffictdt to maintain that no person having negro blood was capable of intellectual effort.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854-1943 to read onlineMoreLess
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