Voltaire's views of Islam were also generally negative, as he …show more content…
Voltaire believed that because of their different origins, Blacks did not entirely share the natural humanity of whites. Voltaire often invoked racial differences as a means to attack religious orthodoxy, and the Biblical account of creation. His most famous remark on slavery is found in his Candide, through the main protagonist who seemed horrified to learn the price at which Europe was enjoying the pleasures of sugar: The result of hard labor of slaves who were tortured, mutilated, and forced into inhumane living and working conditions. He also observed that if the Bible taught all men being related by a common origin, it seemed completely preposterous and paradoxically ironic that Christians treated their relatives so horribly. He cleverly denounced those Whites and Christians who often purchased Negroes cheaply to sell them pricey later as slaves in