Darwin's sacred cause : how a hatred of slavery shaped Darwin's views on human evolution / Adrian Desmond & James Moore.
Desmond, Adrian J., 1947-; Moore, James R. (James Richard), 1947-
2009
GN281.4 .D47 2009 (Mapit)
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Title Darwin's sacred cause : how a hatred of slavery shaped Darwin's views on human evolution / Adrian Desmond & James Moore.
Author Desmond, Adrian J., 1947-
ISBN 9780547055268
0547055269
Publication Details Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Language English
Description xxi, 484 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number GN281.4 .D47 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.3/6208996017521
Summary There is a mystery surrounding Darwin: How did this quiet, respectable gentleman, a pillar of his parish, come to embrace one of the most radical ideas in the history of human thought? Darwin risked a great deal in publishing his theory of evolution, so something very powerful--a moral fire--must have propelled him. That moral fire, argue authors Desmond and Moore, was a passionate hatred of slavery. They draw on a wealth of fresh manuscripts, correspondence, notebooks, diaries, and even ships' logs to show how Darwin's abolitionism had deep roots in his mother's family and was reinforced by his voyage on the Beagle as well as by events in America. Leading apologists for slavery in Darwin's time argued that blacks and whites were separate species, with whites created superior. Darwin believed that the races belonged to the same human family, and slavery was therefore a sin.--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 422-456) and index.
Added Author Moore, James R. (James Richard), 1947-
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