An Inquiry Into the Scriptural Views of Slavery (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Albert Barnes

9780265198490: An Inquiry Into the Scriptural Views of Slavery (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0265198496 ISBN 13: 9780265198490

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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A rigorous examination of how Scripture addresses slavery and why the Bible’s own laws argue against it.

This nonfiction work compares Mosaic servitude with American slaveholding, arguing that biblical texts, when read in their context, support emancipation rather than endorsement of oppression. It presents a historical look at laws, rhetoric, and religious arguments from the colonial to the early republic era.

This edition lays out the central claim in clear terms and shows how religious reasoning has influenced views on liberty and human dignity. It challenges readers to weigh legal practices, moral questions, and faith-based justifications in the broader story of abolition.

Reads the contrast between Mosaic slavery provisions and practices in the United States.
Explains how religious arguments have been used to defend, and to challenge, slavery.
Offers a sustained critique of slaveholding laws and the role of churches in social reform.
Points to the historical arc toward emancipation and the limits of legal protections for enslaved people.

Ideal for readers of religious history, moral philosophy, and debates on slavery, who seek a careful, biblically grounded critique of the era's laws and arguments.

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