A refutation of the calumnies circulated against the southern & western states, respecting the institution and existence of slavery among them

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Smith), Edwin Clifford Holland (William “A refutation of the calumnies circulated against the southern & western states, respecting the institution and existence of slavery among them”, RelRace, item créé par Mathilde Plais, dernier accès le 7 Dec. 2024.
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Sujet Malédiction de Cham
Description Dans son ouvrage intitulé A refutation of the calumnies circulated against the southern & western states, respecting the institution and existence of slavery among them (1822), le sénateur esclavagiste Edwin Clifford Holland cite un autre sénateur William Smith de Caroline du Sud. Celui-ci utilise la malédiction de Cham pour justifier une proposition de loi sur les esclaves fugitifs.
Auteur Edwin Clifford Holland (William Smith)
Éditeur Charleston : Printed by A. E. Miller [1822]
New-York : reprinted by Negro Universities Press [1969]
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The authorities upon the subject are numerous and were read by Mr. Smith in the Senate of the United States, in his Speech upon the “Bill for recovering fugitive slaves from labor.” “We all know,” said Mr. Smith, “that Ham sinned against his God and against his father, for which, Noah, the inspired patriarch, cursed Canaan, the son of Ham, and said “a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.” Newton, who was perhaps as great a Divine as any in New-England, and as pro found a scholar, in a book of great celebrity, called his Prophecies, in which he endeavors to prove the divinity of the bible, by the many prophecies that are now fulfilling, says that this very African race are the descendants of Canaan, and have been the slaves of various nations, and are still expiating, in bondage, the curse upon themselves and their progenitors.