Title: Domestic slavery considered as a scriptural institution /
Authors: Fuller, Richard, 1804-1876; Wayland, Francis, 1796-1865.; Finn, Nathan A.; Harper, Keith, 1957-
Publisher: Mercer University Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Slavery United States Justification.; Slavery United States History; Slavery United States History Sources.; Slavery and the church Baptists History; Slavery and the church Southern States History; Southern States Religion.; Southern States Race relations History
Abstract: Domestic Slavery originated in the nineteenth century as a literary debate between two Baptist leaders over the Bible's teachings on slavery. Southern pastor Richard Fuller and Northern educator Francis Wayland were each able defenders of their respective positions. These men were also good friends who believed that a difference of opinion about slavery should not necessitate a breaking of Christian fellowship. Historians of Southern religion consider Domestic Slavery to be one of the major contributions to the nineteenth-century debate over the peculiar institution. This critical edition of Domestic Slavery includes annotations and an appendix of related documents. --from publisher description.
Contents: Introduction -- Introduction to the 1847 edition -- The letter from Dr. Fuller to the editor of the Christian Reflector -- Dr. Wayland's letters to Dr. Fuller. Letter 1 : Errors on both sides -- Letter 2 : Definition of slavery -- Letter 3 : The holding of slaves does not necessarily involve guilt -- Letter 4 : Examination of the argument in favor of slavery from the Old Testament -- Letter 5 : The doctrine of expediency -- Letter 6 : The argument in favor of slavery from the New Testament -- Letter 7 : The method of prohibiting slavery in the New Testament -- Letter 8 : The duties devolving on Christian slaveholders -- Dr. Fuller's letters to Dr. Wayland. Letter 1 : The Southern states not answerable for the existence of domestic slavery -- Letter 2 : Slavery is not to be confounded with the abuses of slavery -- Letter 3 : Slavery proper, no violation of right -- Letter 4 : The argument from the Old Testament -- Letter 5 : The argument from the New Testament -- Letter 6 : The mode of teaching by principle in this case at variance with the character of God -- Dr. Wayland's closing letter -- Appendix 1 : Original Wayland article on domestic slavery -- Appendix 2 : Union of the Baptist denomination in enterprises of benevolence.