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Black and Slave
The Origins and History of the Curse of Ham
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David M. Goldenberg
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English
Published/Copyright:
2017
About this book
Studies of the Curse of Ham, the belief that the Bible consigned blacks to everlasting servitude, confuse and conflate two separate origins stories (etiologies), one of black skin and the other of black slavery. This work unravels the etiologies and shows how the Curse, an etiology of black slavery, evolved from an earlier etiology explaining the existence of dark-skinned people. We see when, where, why, and how an original mythic tale of black origins morphed into a story of the origins of black slavery, and how, in turn, the second then supplanted the first as an explanation for black skin. In the process we see how formulations of the Curse changed over time, depending on the historical and social contexts, reflecting and refashioning the way blackness and blacks were perceived. In particular, two significant developments are uncovered. First, a curse of slavery, originally said to affect various dark-skinned peoples, was eventually applied most commonly to black Africans. Second, blackness, originally incidental to the curse, in time became part of the curse itself. Dark skin now became an intentional marker of servitude, the visible sign of the blacks’ degradation, and in the process deprecating black skin itself.
Author / Editor information
David M. Goldenberg, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
May 22, 2017
eBook ISBN:
9783110522471
Hardcover published on:
May 22, 2017
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110521665
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
9
Main content:
360
Illustrations:
6
Coloured Illustrations:
7
Audience(s) for this book
All those interested in Religious studies, Black and Ethnic studies, History - European, American, Islamic, Christian, Jewish
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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10785 Berlin
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