Preadamites or a Demonstration of the Existence of Men Before Adam; Together With a Study of Their Condition, Antiquity, Racial Affinities, and Progressive Dispersion Over the Earth.
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Link Singerman ID: supp3027
Year: 1880
Entry: Winchell, Alexander. Preadamites or a Demonstration of the Existence of Men Before Adam; Together With a Study of Their Condition, Antiquity, Racial Affinities, and Progressive Dispersion Over the Earth. Chicago: S. C. Griggs; London: Trübner & Co., 1880. xxvi, 500 p.
Author/Editor: Winchell, Alexander
Location: Chicago, IL
Holdings: In most academic libraries
Title: Preadamites or a Demonstration of the Existence of Men Before Adam; Together With a Study of Their Condition, Antiquity, Racial Affinities, and Progressive Dispersion Over the Earth.
Printer/Publisher: S. C. Griggs
Language: English
Notes: Winchell's argument for Negro inferiority is grounded in polygenesis. See, for instance, chap. 8, "A Glance at Hebrew Chronology," chap. 12, "Biblical Antiquity of Race Distinctions."