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Darwin's sacred cause : how a hatred of slavery shaped Darwin's views on human evolution / Adrian Desmond & James Moore

by Adrian J. Desmond

This study examines how Charles Darwin's lifelong opposition to slavery and his belief in the common ancestry of all human races motivated his radical theory of evolution, drawing on a wealth of personal correspondence, diaries, and ship logs.

Accession 30160 ISBN 9780547055268 Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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