How can I correct my sentence to make it less stringy?

Question

"Speke assumed Ham was the first “Black”, which supposedly justified slavery and was the reason why Africans were apparently “primitive” and “ugly” (quoted in 51)."

The "and" is kind causes my sentence to sound weird.

i mean the "and" causes it to sound weird

Answer 1

Amateurs on here.

Try this:

"Speke attempted to justify slavery by making the false assumption Ham was the first "black." This assumption led to his reasoning for why Africans were allegedly "primitive" or "ugly.""

Answer 2

Speke assumed Ham was the first "Black", which supposedly justified slavery; this was also the reason why Africans were apparently "primitive" and “ugly” (quoted in 51).

Answer 3

Easy.

Speke assumed Ham was the first “Black” which supposedly justified slavery; he believed this was the reason why Africans were apparently “primitive” and “ugly” (quoted in 51).

Just make it into two sentences joined by a semi colon.

Answer 4

"Speke assumed Ham was the first “Black”, which supposedly justified slavery being reason for why Africans were apparently considered “primitive” and “ugly” (quoted in 51)."




how'd i do lol?

Answer 5

Speke assumed Ham as the first black to justify slavery which is why Africans were apparently primitive and ugly.

you know whatever the context, this statement is weird itself, it is very derogatory-- whoever was this speke.
and secondly, you never use "which" with human beings its "who"