*** g29 7/24 p. 702 Bible Questions and Answers ***
[Radiocast from Watchtower WBBR on a wave length of 416.4 meters by Judge Rutherford.]
QUESTION: Is there anything in the Bible that reveals the origin of the Negro? ANSWER: It is generally believed that the curse which Noah pronounced upon Canaan was the origin of the Black race. Certain it is that when Noah said, 'Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren,' he pictured the future of the Colored race. They have been and are a race of servants, but now in the dawn of the twentieth century, we are all coming to see this matter of service in its true light and to find that the only real joy in life is in serving others; not bossing them. There is no servant in the world as good as a good Colored servant, and the joy that he gets from rendering faithful service is one of the purest joys there is in the world.
And here is an article that referred to blacks and Spaniards as "backward races":
*** g27 11/30 pp. 140-143 The Story of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" ***
From a recently published book, "Trumpets of Jubilee," and from other sources in the Library of Congress I gleaned the following information respecting the origin and effect of the story which caused the Civil War: "The false impression of the condition of the Southern slave created by 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' encouraged Brown to believe that . . . the negroes would rise and massacre their masters".... We read that she [Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe] was impulsive in her literary efforts, caring little for facts, and never taking time to even cursorily investigate her chosen subject. She was rash and bent upon making her point at all hazards, usually writing from the standpoint of a preconceived opinion. ... Once her husband and her brother assisted an escaping slave along the "underground railway," and on another occasion she visited for a few hours a plantation in Kentucky. But, save for stories told her by colored women who often helped her with her work in the household, this was the extent of her contact with the institution [of slavery] ... the story was overcolored to the last degree. It was merely a sweeping indictment and a hysterical outcry against the institution.
Of course, God permitted the work to be written, and has or will overrule it for ultimate good, as part of the general permission of evil; but He was not the author of it, because He is "not the author of confusion, but of peace," and tempts no man to do evil. The volume was issued at a time when conditions were ripe for its reception. It was the "psychological moment" for Satan to accomplish his long-cherished design to disrupt the Union, his ultimate purpose being to throttle liberty in America and frustrate an important part of God's plan. Centuries before, anticipating the settlement of North America by a liberty-loving people, and the founding of a government favorable to enlightenment, Satan had sought to forestall it through the voyages of Columbus and the resultant effort to people it with Spaniards and other backward races under the influence of Rome....
Encouraged by his near success [in having South Carolina seceed from the Union], the Devil instituted a double program, that of slavery agitation through the Abolition societies, churches, clergy, newspapers, etc., and by harassing Congress with petitions and documents from all quarters. Crisis after crisis resulted. Satan well knew that if Congress could be induced to abolish slavery, war would result. Therefore the body was flooded with abolition petitions. In order to settle the matter, six resolutions affirming the constitutionality of slavery and the "inability of Congress to abolish" it, were passed in 1838. The Liberator, published by Garrison, demanded "immediate emancipation"; and the Constitution was denounced as "an agreement with death and a covenant with hell". Negro insurrections occurred, and many white people were murdered. Calhoun sought to stop the agitation in 1836 with "the Gag Law", forbidding the reception of the petitions; but the measure was killed in the Senate. Matters were further complicated by the annexation of Texas in 1836 and by the Mexican War in 1846. The sentiment against slavery was stronger than ever. More than two thousand newspapers carried information everywhere; and the greatest word-battle in history was in progress.... The Dred Scott decision widened the breach, and the two sections now glared at each other like tigers. The clouds of war were rapidly gathering; fitful lightning flashes and the roll of thunder gave warning of the great storm which was soon to break in all its terrible fury. Providence permitted a split in the Democratic ranks, which insured the election of Lincoln, God's chosen instrument in saving the Union. Secession resulted, and the war came. After repeated failures, the Devil had finally accomplished his purpose through the agency of a well-meaning, but misguided woman.
