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In "How Christian Slaveholders Used the Bible to Justify Slavery," we delve into the complex and troubling history of how the Bible was interpreted and manip...
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An exceptional display in 2018 at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., focused on a rare Bible from the 1880s that was used by British missionaries t...
Sep 11, 2024 · Explore the historical manipulation of scripture used to justify slavery. Discover how abolitionists challenged these interpretations while African-Americans...
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In the words of the King James Bible, which was the version then current, these were, first, Genesis IX, 18–27: “And the sons of Noah that went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth ...
By 1500, European Christians believed slavery was a more devastating punishment than execution for criminals and prisoners of war. Still, European Christians did not object to the enslavement of non-Christians, particularly with ongoing conflicts between Christians and non-Christians within Europe, in the nearby Islamic World , and later in West and Central Africa (which also included Muslim ...
May 6, 2019 · Then Africans made it their path to freedom. The Bible was used to justify slavery. Then Africans made it their path to freedom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) An exhibit discussing slavery and the ...
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 ...
