The Myth of Ham in Nineteenth-Century American Christianity Race, Heathens, and the People of God [#996153]

Free Download The Myth of Ham in Nineteenth-Century American Christianity: Race, Heathens, and the People of God By Sylvester Johnson
2004 | 208 Pages | ISBN: 1403965625 | PDF | 1 MB
This monograph is an original study of what is commonly termed the American ''myth of Ham''. It examines black and white Americans' recourse to the biblical character of Ham as a cultural strategy for explaining racial origins. Previous studies in the area have been restricted to associating the Hamitic idea with pro-slavery arguments, whereas the thesis of this project reveals a fundamental irony: black American Christians who reinforced the meanings of illegitimacy by appealing to Ham as the ancestor of the race.