The Substance of a Course of Lectures On British Colonial Slavery Delivered At
The Substance of a Course of Lectures On British Colonial Slavery Delivered At
Benjamin Godwin
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And as Christianity recognises no difference in the physical nature of man, so it admits not of a moral distinction. Does it allow the White man to suppose that he is free from that inherent depravity which it ascribes to all ? Does the charge of trangres- sion apply less to him than to the Negro ? It contains no ex- emption in favour of the European or the slave-owner, when it declares that " all have sinned and come short of the glory of God;" that " except a man be born again, he cannot see ...the kingdom of God. " Its address to all, without exception, is, " Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. " And do not the merciful provisions of the Gospel extend to the Black as well as to the White, to the uncivilized as well as to the polished? Is there one Redeemer for the planter, and 116 i LECTURES ON SLAVERY. another for his slave? Must not the sins of both be pardoned by the same atoning sacrifice? Does the Divine Spirit dis- dain to visit the bosom of the Negro, or to purify his heart, be- cause of the colour of his skin ?
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