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- Author: Ulrich Bonnell Phillips
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Year: 2017
- Pages: 524
- ISBN-10: 1544600054
- ISBN-13: 9781544600055
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 2.7 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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The Portuguese began exploring the west coast of Africa shortly before Christopher Columbus was born; and no sooner did they encounter negroes than they began to seize and carry them in captivity to Lisbon. The court chronicler Azurara set himself in 1452, at the command of Prince Henry, to record the valiant exploits of the negro-catchers. Reflecting the spirit of the time, he praised them as crusaders bringing savage heathen for conversion to civilization and christianity. He gently lamented the massacre and sufferings involved, but thought them infinitely outweighed by the salvation of souls. This cheerful spirit of solace was destined long to prevail among white peoples when contemplating the hardships of the colored races. But Azurara was more than a moralizing annalist.
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- Author: Ulrich Bonnell Phillips
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Year: 2017
- Pages: 524
- ISBN-10: 1544600054
- ISBN-13: 9781544600055
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 2.7 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
The Portuguese began exploring the west coast of Africa shortly before Christopher Columbus was born; and no sooner did they encounter negroes than they began to seize and carry them in captivity to Lisbon. The court chronicler Azurara set himself in 1452, at the command of Prince Henry, to record the valiant exploits of the negro-catchers. Reflecting the spirit of the time, he praised them as crusaders bringing savage heathen for conversion to civilization and christianity. He gently lamented the massacre and sufferings involved, but thought them infinitely outweighed by the salvation of souls. This cheerful spirit of solace was destined long to prevail among white peoples when contemplating the hardships of the colored races. But Azurara was more than a moralizing annalist.
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