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A condensed anti-slavery Bible argument

Bourne, George 1780-1845 (Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. (Added Author).

Summary: The intent of this volume is to "overthrow" the notions that slavery is sanctioned by scripture and beneficial to those who practice it. Bourne attacks the idea of reducing humans to property, making the distinction between service for pay and servitude without it, citing scripture to argue his positions. He denies the belief that Africans are "under the curse of Cain" or the "curse of Cannan," two popular arguing points that were said to articulate a divine mandate for slavery. The second half of the book treats the Old Testament, refuting the idea that the Law of Moses supported slavery, and shows how the New Testament condemns the practice. Bourne concludes by condemning slavery as a "heathen practice" and shows how slaveholding nations have been punished.

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  • Physical Description: electronic resource
    Electronic data (1 file : ca. 255 kilobytes).
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  • Edition: Electronic ed.
  • Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999.

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General Note:
Text scanned (OCR) by Katherine Anderson, Thomas Horan, and Fiona Mills. Images scanned by Jill Kuhn. Text encoded by Jill Kuhn.
This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection The Church in the Southern Black community.
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Transcribed from: A condensed anti-slavery Bible argument / by a citizen of Virginia. New York : printed by S.W. Benedict, 1845. v, 5-91 p. ; 22 cm. Cover title: Anti-slavery Bible argument. Errata slip at end.
Funding Information Note:
Funding from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition supported the electronic publication of this title.
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