Agassiz sought African-born slaves in South Carolina as evidence for polygenesis

Evidence

It was all so horrible. I was now forcing myself to get through the article when I came across a critical piece of information explaining that Agassiz went to South Carolina in 1850 specifically looking for African-born slaves “to gather evidence for his theory,” and was introduced to several plantation owners there. — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 165

It was all so horrible. I was now forcing myself to get through the article when I came across a critical piece of information explaining that Agassiz went to South Carolina in 1850 specifically looking for African-born slaves “to gather evidence for his theory,” and was introduced to several plantation owners there. — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 165

Categorization

• XREF: Establishes that Renty was deliberately selected for being Congo-born, key to the case.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots: My Fight with Harvard…, 165