John Hunter (surgeon) - Racial Studies

Racial Studies

Hunter claimed that originally the negroid race was white at birth, and that over time because of the sun, they turned black. Hunter also claimed that blisters and burns would likely to turn white on a negro, which he believed was evidence that the negros' original ancestors were white.

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