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Miller, Arnold W. (1822-1892) Christianity and slavery, by Rev. A. W. Miller, Petersburg, Virginia.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05987.41 Author/Creator: Miller, Arnold W. (1822-1892) Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Broadside Date: circa 1864 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25.4 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy

Written by A. W. Miller (possibly by the Rev. Arnold W. Miller, though most of Arnold Miller's sermons and writings were published in South Carolina). Justifies slavery through Christianity: "Thus, the relation of slavery will ever continue in the world, rendered perpetual by Christianity, because it points to Christ, who took upon Him the form of a slave... The Christianity of the Old Testament did not condemn it, neither does the Christianity of the New."

Miller, Arnold W., 1822-1892

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