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Feb 23, 2018 · How Christian Slaveholders Used the Bible to Justify Slavery. 6 minute read. A bible Michael Dümmler— EyeEm&/Getty Images. By Noel Rae. February 23, 2018 3:30 PM EST.
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Mar 12, 2024 · The first written use of the Curse of Ham to justify slavery appeared in the 15th century, when Gomes Eanes de Zurara, a Portuguese historian, wrote that the enchained Africans he’d seen were in ...
For example, in the Hebrew Bible, Moses tells the Israelites on the way to the Promised Land how they should acquire and keep slaves (Lev 25:44-46). His successor, Joshua, explains that “some of you shall always be slaves” (Josh 9:23). Similarly, in the New Testament, Paul admonishes, “Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and ...
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While some clergymen were using Christian scriptures to propagate slavery, others were scouring the Bible to end it. Although evangelicals tend to receive most of the credit for this, the origins of Christian abolitionism can be traced to the late 17th Century and the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers. Since their establishment in the mid 17t...
The main thrust of Christian abolitionism emerged from the evangelical revival of the 18th century, which spawned dynamic Christians with clear-cut beliefs on morality and sin and approached the issue of slavery from this standpoint. In his Thoughts upon Slavery, John Wesley questioned the morality of slavery and those who engaged in it, while Will...
It would be wrong to suggest that there were Christian 'saints' and 'sinners' in regards to slavery. It can be argued that both characteristics co-existed within denominations and individuals alike, demonstrating the idiosyncrasies and inconsistencies of all human beings. For instance, the Quakers have been described as the 'good guys', yet their l...
However, the Christian abolitionists have their detractors and some have argued that they never showed the same commitment to ending slavery as they did to ending the slave trade. Their attitude towards Africans appear condescending by today's standards. Yet, for their time, they were considered enlightened for recognising that Africans were made i...
The Bible and slavery. The Franks Casket is an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon whalebone casket, the back of which depicts the enslavement of the Jewish people at the lower right. The Bible contains many references to slavery, which was a common practice in antiquity. Biblical texts outline sources and the legal status of slaves, economic roles of ...
Jun 27, 2018 · How Antebellum Christians Justified Slavery. After Emancipation, some Southern Protestants refused to revise their proslavery views. In their minds, slavery had been divinely sanctioned. The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. Having split from co-denominations in the North over the theological justification of slavery ...
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Feb 13, 2023 · “Some legacies of enslavement in the New Testament [have worked] to justify enslavement, racism, and colonialism through the identification of enslaved persons as outsiders, idolaters, and heathens—[all terms that have] been racialized in white supremacy; deployed in colonialism with regard to non-Christians and non-Westerners; and used to justify Christian enslavers as righteous and ...
