Slavery: Religious Justification and Abolition

Paine understanding how the cause of patriotism would need” a dose This is a book review of Sacred Scripture, Sacred War, written by James P. Byrd. In his book Byrd of scripture, in order to help the patriots, during the times that try men’s souls,”1. Biblical patriotism being very unique perspective was based on the use of scriptures, to inspire and justify the revolution. Ministers would use these scriptures for the purpose of instruction, and inspiration, for colonial solders not well prepared and outnumbered by the English

Finally in the late 1820s and early 1830s a new more radical form of abolitionism came onto the main stream. Immediate abolitionism was the belief that slavery should end now and it was morally and constitutionally wrong. Although this form of abolitionism is attributed to William Lloyd Garrison (white abolitionist 1805-1879), African American abolitionists had demanded for an immediate end to slavery for years. “Black abolitionism was the parent of the white crusade.” One of the most influential voices to the immediate end of slavery was David Walker. 1 David Walker was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1785.

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Puritans first occupied New England and preached their beliefs that disagreements in the society were caused by political, economic, and religious divergence. The Puritans strongly believed that the Church of England was the true church though they acknowledged that it required many transformations. Puritans believed that aggrieved God was powerful and disastrous and could bring destruction to humankind (Kang 150). What is more, Puritans cited repressive monarchies as being opposed to the will o... ... middle of paper ... ... 2006.Web.24th February, 2014. Conforti, Joseph.

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The Christian church's main justification of slavery is based on Genesis 9:25-27. (Haynes, 2) Early America was primarily Anglo-Saxon protestant, and practiced a religion that was strictly based on the teachings of the Bible; more specifically the Old-Testament. From here, we begin to compare the ideology of previous generations to the popular belief of today's society considering slavery itself, as an immoral practice. This can only be settled in that either the text of the Bible is not valid, or that it was being misinterpreted. And if it is confirmed, that the Bible was misinterpreted, we must be able prove such misinterpretation?

Richard J. Carwardine, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993). Eugene D. Genovese, “Religion in the Collapse of the American Union,” in Religion and the American Civil War, ed. Randall M. Miller (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998), 43-73. Aamodt, Terrie D., Righteous Armies, Holy Causes: Apocalyptic Imagery and the Civil War. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2002.

This assignment will discuss the importance of religion in ending the British colonial slave trade and slavery. As this assignment focuses on Britain’s slave trade and slavery, the words ‘slave trade’ and ‘slavery’ will refer to Britain’s slave trade and slavery. Primary and secondary sources will provide evidence that the role of religion was highly influential in the ending the slave trade and slavery. Religion was an important and influential factor that provided the backbone to the abolition of the slave trade and emancipation of slaves within the British Empire. However, other factors and influences proved to have greater importance in the abolition of the slave trade and slavery.

Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2007. Raboteau, Albert J. Slave Religion: The "Invisible Institution" in the Antebellum South. New York: Oxford University Press US, 2004. Raymond A. Bauer and Alice H. Bauer. Day to Day Resistance to Slavery.