Some New Aspects of the Pro-Slavery Argument

Hesseltine, William B.

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“…"It seems to be the prevalent opinion in Washington," Dew warned Galla tin, "tha t Clay's Compromise will prevail. u68 8will1am Bo Hesseltine, "Some New Aspects of the Pro slavery Argument," Journal of Negro History, XXI (January, 1936), 8 . chances of obtaining needed economic assistance such as internal improvements were bleak.…”

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Thomas Roderick Dew: defender of the southern faith

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PREFACEWhen an historical figure is identified with a particular cause, the passage of time usually removes the garden of that man's life, leaving only the dried stalk of a single great effort. To gain an understanding of that stalk, it is necessary to recreate the garden.Thomas Roderick Dew was the first of the comprehensive defenders of slavery in nineteenth century America, but his defense was an early effort from a pen which continued to be productive. During his twenty-year career as pro fessor and president of the College of William and Mary, he wrote numerous essays and articles on economic issues of state and national concern. As the South responded to Jlli.£.., 88-89. Formal education was emphasized at Dewsville, Large bookcases were built into the wall on either side of the parlor fireplace, and evidence suggests that they were filled. 9 William Boulware, a friend and neighbor of the Dew boys, later recalled that Thomas Roderick was very fond of literature at an early age, and that in the country school which they attended, he was regarded with intense interest and a certain degree of awe, for he was "so often spoken of as a youth of great promise, a child of higher d�stiny. ulO In 1 8 14, Thomas Dew, who had interrupted his 7 Dew Diary, 13, 47.8 The

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Noah's Curse

Haynes¹

2002

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This book is a study in the history of biblical interpretation with implications for contemporary social relations. It illumines the religious dimensions of America's racial history by exploring how the book of Genesis has been used to justify slavery, segregation, and the repression of “blacks.” The book focuses on passages in Genesis 9–11 that have been consistently racialized by Bible readers in search of authoritative explanations for the origin and destiny of sub‐Saharan Africans. This often‐overlooked section of the Bible's primeval history includes the tale of Noah and his sons (Gen. 9: 20–27), the legend of the “mighty hunter” Nimrod (Gen. 10: 6–10), and the Tower of Babel story (Gen. 11: 1–10), passages that have contributed profoundly to Euro–American images of “blacks.” The book carefully analyzes the so‐called curse of Ham (or Canaan) recorded in Genesis 9, invoked by antebellum proslavery apologists, and explores the influence of the curse tradition in America before and after the Civil War.

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