Does the Bible Sanction American Slavery? |
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Abraham American slave-owners Apostles Bible bondage bondman Book of Judges brethren brought children of Israel Christ Christian Church circumcised civilized degradation despotism Deut Egypt enemies enjoined evil Exod father feudal Free Labor freedom freeman Greece Greek heart heathen Hebrew Lawgiver human institution Israel Jews Journeys and Explorations king land of Egypt latifundia Laurium law of Moses Levit liberty Lord thy lust maid-servant man-servant master moral Mosaic law negroes Olmsted Onesimus oppress passage Passover Patriarchal Paul plantation political Polygamy poor priest primitive principle punishment put to death race relation religion religious revenger of blood right of Asylum Roman Rome says servant shalt thou slave Slave Power Slavery social society Southern spirit stranger Testament thine hand things thou shalt thy brother thy God hath tion tribe truth tyranny unto thee usury wife worship
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Page 50 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are : for blood it defileth the land : and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Page 31 - And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
Page 54 - If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me: What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Did not he that made me in the womb, make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Page 44 - For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward...
Page 42 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
Page 84 - Art thou called being a. servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
Page 71 - Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: he shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best : thou shalt not oppress him.
Page 67 - At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
Page 11 - The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Page 53 - I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free...