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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: [Bourne, George] 1780-1845. Condensed anti-slavery Bible argument. New York, Printed by S.W. Benedict, 1845 (OCoLC)576061607 |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
George Bourne |
OCLC Number: | 2039097 |
Description: | 2 preliminary leaves, [iii]-v, [5]-91 pages 22 cm |
Contents: | Introduction -- Definitions -- Man-stealing -- Perversions of the scriptures -- Case of Cain -- Case of Canaan -- Rules of construction -- Uses of the words "buy" and "sell" -- The true issue -- Key to the inquiry -- Pro-slavery perversions of the Old Testament -- Twelve circumstantial facts -- Pro-slavery perversions of the New Testament -- Conclusions -- Reflections. |
Responsibility: | by a citizen of Virginia. |
Abstract:
"A bitterly persecuted" anti-slavery minister who emigrated from England to Virginia as a young man, Bourne "was one of the first in the United States to advocate immediate emancipation". He was present at the creation of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and opposed women's participation in that organization. This hard-hitting analysis exposes southerners' "pro-slavery perversions" of the Old and New Testaments and their profound misunderstanding of biblical labor relationships. Though authorship is generally attributed to Bourne, the author's Introduction says he "was born on the banks of Virginia's beautiful river Potomac ..." Bourne was born in Westbury, England. -- David Lesser, Antiquarian book dealer.
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