Subject and Name Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Abbreviations IX
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter One. Black and/or Slave: Confusion, Conflation, Chaos 14
6. Chapter Two. Skin Color Etiologies 28
7. Chapter Three. The Origin of Black Skin in Noah’s Ark 43
8. Chapter Four. The Origin of Black Skin in Noah’s Tent 68
9. Chapter Five. The Beginnings of the Curse of Ham 76
10. Chapter Six. The Dual Curse of Slavery and Black Skin 87
11. Chapter Seven. The Curse of Ham Migrates to the West 105
12. Chapter Eight. The Dual Curse in Europe 121
13. Chapter Nine. The Curse of Ham in America 146
14. Chapter Ten. The Beginnings of Chaos 160
15. Chapter Eleven. Which People Were Cursed with Black Skin? 168
16. Chapter Twelve. The Meaning of Blackness and the Curse of Ham 188
17. Chapter Thirteen. Conclusions 199
18. Appendices
19. Appendix I. The Curse of Ham in Europe, 18th–19th Centuries 207
20. Appendix II. The Curse of Ham in America, 18th-20th Centuries 218
21. Appendix III. The Curse of Cain: 17th–19th Centuries 238
22. Excursus
23. Excursus I. Did Ham Have Sex with a Dog? 253
24. Excursus II. A Passage in Ṭabarī’s History 257
25. Excursus III. Was Canaan Black? 260
26. Excursus IV. ‘Kushite’ Meaning Egyptian or Arab in Jewish Sources 284
27. Excursus V. A Curse of Ham in Origen? 286
28. Bibliography 290
29. Subject and Name Index 340
30. Index of Modern Authors 349
31. Index to Scripture 359