How the Bible Was Used to Support Slavery — and to Sustain Those Who Stopped It
For centuries, the Scriptures were twisted and distorted to provide support for racism and race-based slavery — but these same Scriptures also sustained those who resisted.
It is no exaggeration to state that the enslavement of African Americans would never have persisted as long as it did without the support of persons who claimed to follow the teachings of Scripture. At the same time, Christian ethics were also one of the key factors that reshaped imaginations and sparked the social transf…
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