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23 Φεβ 2018 · Out of the more than three quarters of a million words in the Bible, Christian slaveholders—and, if asked, most slaveholders would have defined themselves as Christian—had two favorites texts...
in the same year, goes over many of the stock abolitionist arguments, such as the dissimilarity between Jewish servi-tude and American slavery, and the equality of all men be-cause they are made in the likeness of God. Both of these pamphlets abound in apt texts and quotations from Chris-tian authors; they are pervaded by a Biblical atmosphere
6 Νοε 2017 · Stuart provided detailed exegesis of the Bible in order to support his senator’s (Webster) position and promote a gradual and voluntary emancipation of the enslaved. On the one hand, against (immediate) abolitionists, Stuart argued that the Bible voiced a pro-slavery stance.
27 Ιουν 2018 · Theological justification from their ministers allowed them to believe that “not only did God sanction slavery, but slavery’s supporters were better Christians and more faithful interpreters of Biblical text than were their opponents.”
27 Ιουν 2016 · proslavery advocates could show that the Bible allowed slavery, then the battle over the validity of the institution was virtually over in the minds of Christians in the South. This is why Mitchell Snay argues that the entire justification of slavery hinged on its Biblical
Antislavery and abolitionist crusaders ransacked Scripture for texts condemning slavery, but the New Testament proved a partic-ularly thorny place for them to look. Two primary problems de-manded detailed exegetical solution: first, the disturbing silence of Jesus Christ on slavery; and second, the perhaps more disturbing out-
9 Φεβ 2017 · In this paper, I will show the slaveholding ethic of the 19th century South and the common belief by those in it that slavery was rooted in an interpretation of biblical scripture. The...
