Short Answer Week 2 Flashcards
Name a couple of Christian egalitarian ideas that inspired thinkers?
If God doesn’t have favorites, there’s no natural hierarchical system. We should treat everyone the same, and treatment is love.
Describe one way in which Beattie responded to Hume’s racism?
Beattie was more open minded about negroes. He understood that Hume was misinformed about negroes because they had only been civilized for 2000 years. Beattie simply believed that Hume did not know enough about negroes.
What is the argument for the Curse of Ham?
The argument held that Africans were cursed by Noah. It also held that their skin color was proof that they had been cursed and condemned them to slavery.
What were black thinkers like Crummell and Walker’s response to the Christian biblical interpretation of the curse of Ham?
Crummell believed that Canaan Noah’s son was cursed and his descendants were not Negroes.
Walker believed that whites were enemies of blacks because whites descended from Noah’s son Ham ((but deceptively attributed that descent to blacks)).
How did some thinkers use the Bible to explain how the races came to be?
The Bible was used through the book of Genesis. More specifically through the “whole world overspread” and the Curse of Ham.
Describe at least one egalitarian idea found in David Walker’s Appeal?
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Provide one reason why the declaration of independence is seen as a document about equality?
The Declaration starts and ends with equality. The Declaration also holds many equal features such as equal access to government tools and to the development of collective intelligence.
How did Frederick Douglass make use of the declaration of independence to express egalitarian ideas?
He used it to urge America to stand by the Principles of Equality and liberty; saying there is nothing that supports slavery. He said that this was a way that we could abolish slavery.
