Front matter -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Were Adam and Eve our first parents? -- 2 Brute men -- 3 A London Zulu -- 4 The wise men of the East -- 5 The best friends the negro ever had -- 6 The curse of race prejudice -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
This is the first historical analysis of the racial views of atheists and freethinkers. Focusing on Britain and the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century, it covers racial and evolutionary science, imperialism, slavery and segregation in the United States, immigration debates and racial prejudice in theory and practice
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 10, 2019)
