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Excerpt from The Negro, a Reply to Ariel: The Negro Belongs to the Genus Homo, He Is a Descendant of Adam and Eve, He Is the Offspring of Ham, He Is Not a Beast, but a Human Being, He Has an Immortal Soul, He May Be Civilized, Enlightened, and Converted to Christianity
Bishop watson, of the Church Of England, replied to the infidel Thomas Paine. He gave a good reason for it. May we not reply to Ariel concerning the Negro? We have no personal acquaintance with Ariel. Of his intelligence, morals, religion, or capacity for authorship, we have no knowledge, except as he is pleased to manifest them in his book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
