AMERICAN LITERATURE
ELIZABETHAN ERA
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But, reader, I acknowledge that this is a confused world, and I am not seeking for office; but merely placing before you the black inconsistency that you place before me—which is ten times blacker than any skin that you will find in the Universe. And now let me exhort you to do away that principle, as it appears ten times worse in the sight of God and candid men, than skins of color—more disgraceful than all the skins that Jehovah ever made. If black or red skins, or any other skin of color is disgraceful to God, it appears that he has disgrace himself a great deal—for he has made fifteen colored people to one white, and placed them here upon the earth (1462).
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John Saffin
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John Winthrop
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Samuel Sewall
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William Apess
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -His extraordinary essay “An Indian’s Looking-Glass for the White Man” (1833) is a powerful indictment of what Apess called color prejudice and what would today be called racism.
Detailed explanation-2: -1William Apess, An Indian’s Looking Glass for the White Man, 1833.
Detailed explanation-3: -In his essay An Indian’s Looking-Glass for the White Man, William Apess talks about the incompatibility of being a good Christian while still discriminating between races. He argues that this social hypocrisy is not supported by the Biblical text, or by Christian teachings.
Detailed explanation-4: -105 An Indian’s Looking-Glass for the White Man (1833) By William Apess.
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