"The negro a beast"; or, "In the image of God"

by Charles Carroll

"The negro a beast"; or, "In the image of God"; the reasoner of the age, the revelator of the century! The Bible as it is! The negro and his relation to the human family! ... The negro not the son of Ham .. (1900)

230 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 2, 2012

About the author

1849-

Reviews

[Nick121235 · Rating 1 out of 5]

To effectively argue with someone we need to understand what they believe and why they believe it. This book is, quite obviously, extremely racist- even moreso than many people were in 1900, when this book was written. It is quite painful to read but it sheds light onto how fundamentalist Christians justify ideas like this. Casting aside any science and using only the bible as your basis, you can twist the words in a conspiracy-theorist like fashion to support any belief you have. There are some absolutely horrific and shocking points being made here, such as that black people have no souls and must be dominated by the adamaic children of god (white people).
One ridiculous illustration shows a photo of jesus christ above that of a black caricature and a markedly non- realistic illustration of a white man. It is captioned 'can the negro really be related to jesus christ?'
The irony of this is, of course, that jesus was Jewish and that the image we have of him today was based on some European royalty or other.
This is a hard read but if you can stomach it, it can be useful in understanding both the history of racist thought and the way of thinking for religious fanatics.

[Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

Um, a terrible book. From 1900, worth reading if you can stomach it.

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[Kokoro · Rating 1 out of 5]

Humans have the greatest capacity to cause more harm than any species in the world, and we are getting better at perfecting ways to amplify the amount of damage we can cause, and that terrifies me.