Scriptural And Statistical Views in Favor of Slavery
The book Scriptural And Statistical Views in Favor of Slavery was written by author Thornton Stringfellow Here you can read free online of Scriptural And Statistical Views in Favor of Slavery book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Scriptural And Statistical Views in Favor of Slavery a good or bad book?
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He then assumes, in the second place, that this special permission to enslave the seven na- tions, prohibited, by implication, the enslaving of all other nations. The conclusion which the Dr. draws from the above assumptions is this — that a special permission under the law, to enslave a par- ticular people^ as a punishment for their sins, is not a genei^al permissioyi under the gospel, to en- slave all, or any other people. The premises here assumed, atid from which this conclusion is drawn ar...e precisely the reverse of what is recorded in the Bible. The Bible statement is this : that the Israelites under the law, so fiir from being permitted or required to enslave the f?>Q\Qn nations, as a pun- Hosted by Googk OF SLAVERY. 87 isliment for their sins, were expressly commanded to destroy them utterly. Here is the proof — Deut. vii : 1 and 2: ^^ When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the- Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou ; and when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee, thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them^ thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them/' And again, in Deut.
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