The Institution of Slavery

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One may find it quite easy to stand with the Reverend Thornton Stringfellow concerning his views of the institution of slavery. As a deacon of the 19th century Protestant Episcopal Church, Stringfellow brought a clear understanding of the traditional beliefs of his congregation. The paper shows how the argument in favor of slavery is substantiated point for point by the Scripture of the Old and New Testament. The paper examines Stringfellow's views from his time period and shows how the issues could be applied to present day scenarios of sweat shops and child labor.

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"If one uses the Bible to determine their morality then Reverend Stringfellow throws a monkey wrench into the abolitionist's way of thinking. He requires that they re-think their morality, which they are so fond of defining with the words right and wrong. It is the duty of the servant to render service with good will to his master, writes Stringfellow. The mercy shown in Biblical times to prisoners was indeed great. Slavery in the South, though not introduced by war, was still a great mercy to those who found themselves in a strange country full of strange people. Was it right to capture others in the first place? That was an economic decision supported by the law of the period. The sincerities of the relationships between master and slave are more desirous than the onerous relationship between sweatshop owner and child laborer."

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