The Negro a Beast or In the Image of God: Book Review #1

This book, which was published at the inception of the previous century, by Charles Carroll  fueled spurts of long-heated debates and controversies from different echelons of society - both religious and non-religious - since its coming from the press. The main thesis propounded in the book is that the negro is not part of the human race. The author mustered up all of his intellectual powers to convince his readers that the negro is a beast race far lower in intelligence and qualities than the white man, who alone, according to the theory propounded, constitute the human race created in God's image.

The author also believed that all the other colored peoples - such as brown and yellow - were a result of the amalgamation of the whites with the blacks. He also held that the negroes and their offsprings are soulless, and are not objects of God's redemptive and saving purpose, which the author thought, was designed only for the white people.

He tried to buttress his views by citing Bible verses, science authors, and historical data, interpreting them in accord with his racist belief system.

This view is still currently held by different religious and political groups with variations in the presentation of details. You could read this book online in PDF format by clicking here, or buy a hard copy from Amazon using the link below.



Don't forget to also consult and examine the book entitled "NEGRO IS A MAN: A REPLY TO PROF. CARROLL'S BOOK" by W.S. Armistead. Fay Botham, in a review of this book, wrote: "In 1903, the Reverend W.S. Armistead authored The Negro is a Man, an outraged reply to Charles Carroll's 1900 pamphlet, The Negro is a Beast...Armistead, a Baptist, deemed Carroll's rants as 'Bible perversions.' Against Carroll's claims, Armistead asserted, among other things, that Adam and Eve were not white, but red, which thus made the lineage of Christ himself red or perhaps even mixed. Adamantly disputing Carroll's allegations that black people were nonhuman brutes, Armistead argued throughout the 542-page book that there was no such thing as amalgamation as Carroll defined it - that is, as the 'carnal association of human beings and beasts' - for the fact that no offspring resulted from such unions proved that no amalgamation had occurred."

A study of this book will provide a balance and counter-arguments for the objective weighing of the evidences as given by both sides - pros and cons. We have not yet found a site link where Armistead's book could be read online. We surely welcome any suggestion if anyone of you out there know one, and we'll put it here for the benefit of everyone. Thank you.




THE COMPANION BIBLE, Dr. E.W. Bullinger, D.D., Editor.

We have a large personal collection of 'Study Bibles' but no one of them still compare with this great, helpful, information-packed 'Reference Bible' of Dr. Bullinger. It uses the old King James Version of the Bible as its basic text, but provides massive side notes (half of each page most of the times) from the best researches on the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek Scriptures.

Themes and topics that cannot be dealt with in the side notes were cross referenced with its 198 back appendices that provide greater details from all useful perspectives such as - cultural, chronological, lexical, grammatical, mathematical, etc., etc.

One of its great features, unique to this 'Reference Bible,' not found anywhere else, is its discovery and presentation of the structures of the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. This is not just the ordinary,  man-invented study outlines that we commonly find in other 'Study Bibles' but actual, built-in structures (or marvelous, literary, skeletal patterns), not man-devised but discovered, unique to the Scripture itself, and one of the proofs of its supernatural, divine inspiration.

Dr. Bullinger, with the assistance of a group of other scholars (most of them his own former students), wrote the notes of this Bible in his late years. This is the reason why some keen and mature students of the Scriptures notice that parts of the Bible structures and notes could still be improved in certain areas (Dr. Bullinger died while working on the structures of John chapter 10; and the rest, from John chapter 11, were works of his associates). Having said that, we give our most wholehearted recommendation of this great work on the Scriptures.

You will surely find the help you need from the Companion Bible, especially when examining crucial points and questions of doctrines such as the one reviewed above (Carroll's book versus Armistead's), because you could examine what the Scriptures themselves say (not just in the English version), but in the original Hebrew and Greek as referenced in the CB notes.

This is just Book Review #1. We're just beginning. We'll write of other powerful tools in our future reviews, such as, the use of Concordances, Lexicons, etc., etc. So keep visiting for more useful tips.

We now give a link that will allow you to read and use the COMPANION BIBLE online! Click here to view the complete CB Bible texts and side notes. Click also here to view the complete CB appendices online.

If you enjoy and like the Companion Bible, why not buy a hardbound copy of it that you can take with you anywhere for your continuous spiritual benefit. The link below to Amazon is a safe and convenient way to order your hardbound CB.