Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Samuel George Morton

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Last updated on December 3, 2024.

Samuel George Morton was an American physician, natural scientist, and writer who argued against the single creation story of the Bible, monogenism, instead supporting a theory of multiple racial creations, polygenism.

American - Scientist | January 26, 1799 - May 15, 1851

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In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity.

Samuel George Morton

The American Race is marked by a brown complexion; long, black, lank hair; and deficient beard.

Samuel George Morton

The moral and intellectual character of the Africans is widely different in different nations.

Samuel George Morton

The Negroes have little invention, but strong powers of imitation, so that they readily acquire mechanic arts. They have a great talent for music, and all their external senses are remarkably acute.

Samuel George Morton

Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Samuel George Morton

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