The Creation of Adam and the Biblical Origins of Race in <i>The Slave’s Friend</i> (1836–1838)
The creation of Adam out of dust is a familiar tradition from the Book of Genesis. In abolitionist literature of the nineteenth century, this biblical narrative became the basis for a theory about the origins of race, arguing that because Adam was formed from red clay, neither he nor his descendants...
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MDPI AG
2021-10-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/10/860 |