Excerpt from The Curse of Canaan Rightly Interpreted: And Kindred Topics; Three Lectures DeliveredIt is not in this passage, nor is it anywhere, in the inspired writings, declared, 'that Noah uttered these words by the authority and inspiration of God.An argument has been built upon these words to excuse and to justify the enslaving of the descendants of Ham. In the argument it is assumed that God spake all. These words. It is only an assumption. It must be proved that Noah uttered them when inspired, and by~ command and authority of the Almighty. For if, when Noah cursed Canaan - as we have no doubt he did curse Canaan - he was speaking as a private per son, and not as an inspired prophet of Jehovah, no inference as to the divine institution of slavery can be therefrom derived.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.