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Pamphlet with Two Essays, "Bible View of Slavery, Examined" and "Bible View of Slavery, Reconsidered," 1863 - In 1776 America's Founding Fathers established a nation based on the principles of freedom -- but that didn't include enslaved African Americans. Through the 1800s, the question of slavery escalated into civil war. John H. Hopkins, a controversial Episcopal Bishop from Vermont, argued in 1863 that the Bible did not forbid slavery -- but he still opposed Southern states seceding from the Union.
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Pamphlet with Two Essays, "Bible View of Slavery, Examined" and "Bible View of Slavery, Reconsidered," 1863
In 1776 America's Founding Fathers established a nation based on the principles of freedom -- but that didn't include enslaved African Americans. Through the 1800s, the question of slavery escalated into civil war. John H. Hopkins, a controversial Episcopal Bishop from Vermont, argued in 1863 that the Bible did not forbid slavery -- but he still opposed Southern states seceding from the Union.