HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Heredity, Natural Selection
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1888 - brazil is the last to free the slaves. Chinese & native american workers took place of slaves. Signed away their rights to work (willingly) France brought a king back into rule. People rose up & fought the monarchy. Common people took to the streets to fight for freedom & liberty. Vast majority of people (dna evidence) come from african, european, or asian ancestry. Prejudice against jews in europe b/c of the belief that they killed jesus. People didn"t understand heredity or inheritance of status/looks/physical characteristics. As age of enlightenment comes, it becomes even more difficult to justify slavery (african slave trade, native americans ) Youngest son of noah (noah"s ark, biblical) After seeing his father naked, ham is punished with black skin. Religious world views in europe caused the belief that all black people were descendants of ham and are being punished for their previous sins.
