![]() ![]() This theological basis provided the raw material necessary to convince the slaves that to resist their assigned inferior status was to resist the will of God. Now there existed a myth of inferiority with apparent biblical roots. Because Ham was the father of black people, and because he and his descendants were cursed to be slaves because of his sin against Noah, some Christians said, "Africans and their descendants are destined to be servants, and should accept their status as slaves in fulfillment of biblical prophecy." (4)
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