"The peculiarly characteristic feature of the Negro is that his consciousness has not yet attained to the realization of any substantial objectivity, as for example, that of God or law; and hence his nature is one of mere wild, brutal caprice. On the other hand, the Negro exhibits the natural man in his completely wild and untamed state. We must lay aside all thought of reverence and morality—all that we call feeling—if we would rightly comprehend him; there is nothing harmonious with humanity to be found in this type of character. The copious and circumstantial accounts of missionaries completely confirm this, and Mahommedanism (which first proceeded from Arabia to the West coast of Africa, and from thence to other parts) has, like Christianity, been able to do very little towards improving the moral condition of the Negroes."
— Hegel, The Philosophy of History
