Scriptural and statistical views in favor of slavery
By: by Thornton Stringfellow
Contributors: Stringfellow, Thornton; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Slavery; Justification; Slavery in the Bible; Slaves; Statistics
Other titles: Slavery scriptural & statistical.; Church in the Southern Black community.
Description: Written in two parts, the first essay contains four major points: slavery received the sanction of God in the time of the Patriarchs, slavery was part of the only commonwealth established by God, slavery is recognized by Christ as legitimate, and slavery is full of mercy. The second part uses the census of 1850 to make material claims for the expediency of slavery. He compares the six New England states with the five Atlantic coast slave states and uses the statistical data to assert that the Southern states are superior in religious life, and in general prosperity and population growth for whites, slaves, and free blacks. He claims that slavery was forced upon the South by the Northern states, but because the South has thrived, it has turned out to be not a curse but a blessing.
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The "Scriptural view" section was originally published as A brief examination of scripture testimony on the institution of slavery.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection The Church in the Southern Black community.

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Transcribed from: Scriptural and statistical views in favor of slavery / by Thornton Stringfellow, D.D. 4th ed., with additions. Richmond, Va. : J.W. Randolph, 1856. 151 p. ; 20 cm. First published, Richmond, 1841. Cover title: Slavery scriptural & statistical.

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Table of contents: title: Scriptural view of slavery; title: An examination of Elder Galusha's reply to Dr. Richard Fuller, of South Carolina; title: Statistical view of slavery.