The Bible And Slavery
The Bible contains several references to slavery. The Bible does not condemn slavery and actually regulates its practice, especially in the Old Testament, but also in the New Testament. Male Israelite slaves were to be offered release after seven years of service, with some stipulations. Foreign slaves and their posterity became the perpetual property of the owner's family, except in the case of certain injuries.
The Bible was cited as justification for slavery by defenders. Abolitionists have also used text from the New Testament to argue for the manumission of slaves.
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“Clay answered the petition by declaring that while he looked on the institution of slavery as an evil, it was ‘nothing in comparison with the far greater evil which would inevitably flow from a sudden and indiscriminate emancipation.’”
—State of Indiana, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)