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The relative roles of politics and science: William Bateson, black slavery, eugenics and speciation

2014-03-19

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William Bateson’s background and training suggest sympathy with the black emancipation movement. Yet the movement’s success is attributed more to battles between political figures, than between scientists with contending views on the biology of racial differences. Perhaps, in the long term, Bateson’s contributions to slavery andeugenic issues will be seen as no less important than those of politicians. Mendel’sdis...

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Literature Corpus work: 04aa20ad-667d-5af7-800a-e0742eb4c9a3
DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.294v1

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