![]() ![]() ![]() Scholars frequently cite the Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea, by Gomes Eanes de Azurara, written in 1453, as the first documented example of these ideas coming together as a justification of Early Modern slavery. First, Ham must be identified with Black Africans, and second, actual Black Africans must be identified as slaves. In order for this Biblical legend to justify the enslavement of Black Africans, two things have to happen. One of the ways in which Europeans justified the enslavement of Black Africans was the Curse of Ham, or the idea that Black Africans are descended from Ham, who was cursed among his brothers for not covering his father’s nudity, and for not abstaining from sex with his wife while sheltering on the ark for forty days. Enslavers attempt to justify and support their actions with robust symbolic systems. As we know, all institutions require complicated symbolic systems to legitimate them and reinforce their power in society. Modern capitalism has its origins in the institution of chattel slavery, in particular the enslavement of Black Africans. Gomes Eanes de Azurara, Crónica dos feitos da Guiné (BNF Port 41 f. ![]()
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