Randall C. Bailey > Quotes

“...I called into question the traditional Black treatment of the so-called curse of Ham, which was utilized to support the African slave trade. The line of argument was that there was not a curse of Ham but rather a curse of Canaan, and by implication being good Judeo-Christians, we didn't like the Canaanites either. My question was how could we, who have had chattel slavery in our background in this country, not be appalled that by virtue of birth a Canaanite should be a slave (from "Lest We Forget")”
― Randall C. Bailey