The Myth of Ham in Nineteenth-Century American Christianity

The Myth of Ham in Nineteenth-Century American Christianity

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The Myth of Ham in Nineteenth-Century American Christianity
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  • The Myth of Ham in Nineteenth-Century American Christianity
The Myth of Ham in Nineteenth-Century American Christianity

The Myth of Ham in Nineteenth-Century American Christianity

$200.00
$200.00

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.

  • Author: S. Johnson
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Published: 2004-12-03
  • Pages: 187

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