After reading the Variétés Dans L'Espèce Humaine and On the Origin and Color of Blacks, I do believe that these two primary documents support the statement “scientific racism helped legitimate and justify the tremendous growth of slavery that occurred during the eighteenth century.” (A History of Western Society, p. 540).
“The Negroes, on the contrary, are large, plump, and well-made; but they are simple and stupid.” (Variétés Dans L'Espèce Humaine, p.382). According to the article of Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon, we can know that people deem blacks by these scientific features, which supported blacks to become accepted and well-known labor force. In eighteenth century, scientific racism began to flourish in the eighteenth century.
“The Negroes, on the contrary, are large, plump, and well-made; but they are simple and stupid.” (Variétés Dans L'Espèce Humaine, p.382). According to the article of Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon, we can know that people deem blacks by these scientific features, which supported blacks to become accepted and well-known labor force. In eighteenth century, scientific racism began to flourish in the eighteenth century.