The American Race is marked by a brown complexion; long, black, lank hair; and deficient beard.
About Samuel George Morton
Samuel George Mortonwas an American physician, natural scientist, and writer. As one of the early figures of scientific racism, he argued against monogenism, the single creation story of the Bible, instead supporting polygenism, a theory of multiple racial creations.
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The American Race is marked by a brown complexion; long, black, lank hair; and deficient beard.
American physician and naturalist (1799-1851)
In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity.
American physician and naturalist (1799-1851)
The moral and intellectual character of the Africans is widely different in different nations.
American physician and naturalist (1799-1851)
The Negroes have little invention, but strong powers of imitation, so that they readily acquire mechanic arts. They have a great talent for music, and all their external senses are remarkably acute.
American physician and naturalist (1799-1851)