Adrian J. Desmond

Darwin's Sacred Cause Race Slavery & quest for Human Origins - London Allen Lane/ Penguin Books 2009 - xxi, 484 pages : illustrations, maps

Offers an explanation of how Darwin came to his famous view of evolution, which traced life to an ancient common ancestor. This title argues that only by understanding Darwin's Christian abolitionist inheritance can we shed light on the perplexing mix of personal drive, public hesitancy and scientific radicalism.

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Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882 -- Ethics. Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882 -- Political and social views. Human evolution -- Philosophy.

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