Darwin was an abolitionist.
Those two things are necessarily mutually exclusive.
Or let Darwin's own "masterpiece" speak as I quote from On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life and also The Descent of Man.
"Savages are intermediate states between people and apes." I could go on and on with quoting Darwin's use of the word "savages" to make sure everybody knew what their place was in his worldview.
Regarding his observation of some red ants transporting black ants in their mouths and forcing them to work as slaves: "This ant is absolutely dependent on its slaves: without their aid, the species would certainly become extinct within a single year".
That stands in stark contrast to Theodore Weld's The Bible Against Slavery in which Weld said over and over that blacks are created by God just like whites, nowhere does he use the word "savages" like Darwin does countless times. Here's what Weld has to say in his book written decades before Darwin's:
"He that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death." (quoting Exodus 21:16 as a way to point out how the Creator hates slavery).
Or after quoting many parts of the Bible dealing with God creating man in His image, Weld wrote (bold-faced mine as I posted on FR): "So in Ps. viii. 5, 6, what an enumeration of particulars, each separating infinitely men from brutes and things!
I assert to you that as the Christian abolitionist movement was gaining steam, having already abolished slavery in England and was thiiisssss-close to abolishing slavery in another Anglo majority nation called the United States, Darwin pushed his Favoured Races book to undermine the basis of abolition when the abolitionist movement was at its highest.
erhrhrhr Excuse me.
I think you meant to say that Darwin was a racist.
Not sure how you came up with your weakly remark, or why.