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082 _a306.36208996 DES-D
100 _aAdrian J. Desmond
245 _aDarwin's Sacred Cause Race Slavery & quest for Human Origins
260 _aLondon
_bAllen Lane/ Penguin Books
_c2009
300 _a xxi, 484 pages : illustrations, maps
520 _aOffers 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.
650 _a Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882 -- Ethics. Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882 -- Political and social views. Human evolution -- Philosophy.
700 _aJames R Moore
942 _cBK