The False Curse of Ham (Video) ; Heathens have lied, Despised and hated for Monetary Gain

⁣1500s–1600s: The Racialization of the Curse of Ham

This is the critical
turning point.

Europe needed a biblical justification for:
•African
enslavement
•Hereditary
slavery
•Permanent
racial hierarchy
•
So theologians begin rewriting
Genesis 9:25:

The European invention:

•Ham =
ancestor of Africans

•Curse
= dark skin

•Dark
skin = divine mark of servitude

•Africans
= “naturally” destined for slavery