Question

Read this excerpt from "The Selling of Joseph" that offers a justification for slavery and answer the question.

Obj.1 These Blackamores are of the Posterity of Cham, and therefore are under the Curse of Slavery. Gen.9.25,26,7.

Which statement does NOT refute the claim made by this reasoning?

A) Few know the conditions of this curse of Cham or Canaan.
B) Canaan actually received the curse instead of Cham.
C) Blackamores are descendents of Cush who settled in Ethiopia.
D) Blackamores spread to many countries throughout Africa.

Answer 1

B) Canaan actually received the curse instead of Cham.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the given excerpt from "The Selling of Joseph", there is a supposed justification for slavery which is said that because Adam cursed Cham who had black skin, then it was right to make blacks slaves.

Therefore, the statement does NOT refute the claim made by this reasoning is option B. This is because, Canaan actually received the curse instead of Cham.