straight haired negroes whom we will consider later, or else they were descendants of Shem-red races. These people invaded these countries and enslaved the negroes, developing the mighty resources of the lands by negro slavery, having enslaved the descendants of Ham-the negroes.

God in his wisdom doeth all things well;

Makes time and work conform to his designs;
Lays on createion wide his holy spell,

And by his will, each creature he assigns
To proper place; and of the human kind

Creates three races, each a place to fill.
Thus, by the motion of omniscient mind,

All worlds in harmony move by his will.

CHAPTER IX.

The curse of God upon Ham pronounced by Noah-Ham designed for slavery from his birth-Necessary corrections-Negro slaves of Canaan—Of Tyre—Of Ethiopia -Of Egypt-Summary of arguments-The god Hercules-Curious traditions-The brown and yellow races-Other maters of interest.

Although what has been presented in the preceding chapter seems sufficient to convince the most incredulous, yet we do not find ourselves without further argument to sustain the proposition that Ham was a negro. Our next argument to this end is based on the fact that the destiny of the descendants of Ham as regards a prophecy relative to them, has been literally fulfilled in the negro race.

Upon one occasion Noah foretold what would be the destiny of the descendants of Ham, and this prophecy, as before remarked, has been fulfilled in the black race; proving that the negroes and the Hamitic races are identical. Since what Noah foretold should happen to Ham's descendants has hap

pened to the negro race, and not to any other in the same degree, by placing this circumstance with the arguments produced in the eighth chapter of this work, it is easy to make the deduction that as the descendants of Ham were negroes, therefore Ham must have been a negro.

When Noah and his family had gone out of the ark, and had planted a vineyard, Noah being old was easily affected by wine and became drunk. Ham, upon this occasion, treated his father in a manner which showed a want of filial respect, which furnished an occasion for Noah to inform him that he was resting under a curse. Some do not agree here with the author of the Hamitic theory, that this curse was caused by Ham's conduct on this occasion; for Ham's being a negro from his birth showed that the curse was from his very conception, as his color was only one of his peculiar characteristics. His whole formation showed that he was destined to fill the chapter of slavery in the world's history. All the anatomical differences between the negro and the other races were manifest in Ham from his first formation, and were designed by an all wise Creator to adapt the negro to his future destiny. His black skin with its thick cuticle was not

only suited to the hot regions of Africa, but also to his exposure to the sun as a slave in future ages. His kinky woolly hair was not only a protection from the sun in Africa and while enslaved in other countries, but it formed a cushion to protect his skull, better than fine straight hair would, from the blows of a cruel master or slave driver. His cranium likewise was narrow for the phrenological reason that broad heads always furnish too much combativeness and self will to admit of slavery. His cranial plates are harder and thicker, likewise for a protection. His neck was made short and thick to give it strength, as while in slavery the negroes are well known to have carried great burdens upon the head. His long arms likewise were the better adapted to his service. His foot was made broad and flat, not only for the sands and marshes of Africa, but also for the upturned sand and loam of rice and cotton fields. Thus we see that Noah's anathema was preceded by a physical formation which showed that Ham and his descendants were marked for the slavery of which Noah speaks when he tells Ham that he shall be "a servant of servants." This language is supposed to have had ref

erence to Canaan, but in the proper place we will show that Ham and not Canaan was meant.

And

The Biblical account of Noah's anathema is as follows: "And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard; and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brethren without. Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. And Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his younger son had done unto him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. (See Gen. 9:20-27.)

In the above, two corrections should be made; the word "be" is in italics, which indicates that it is an interpolation; i. e., that the translators inserted it and that it is not in the original. It should be left out.