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... slaves " and refers to the slave risings that some British military com- manders were encouraging in the South . The most notable omission by the Congress from the Declaration as Jefferson wrote it and as his committee submitted it to ...
... slaves " and refers to the slave risings that some British military com- manders were encouraging in the South . The most notable omission by the Congress from the Declaration as Jefferson wrote it and as his committee submitted it to ...
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... slavery within their borders . Having acted to emancipate the slaves by an act of “ mili- tary necessity , " as he called it , he was then free to interpret the war in biblical terms as God's punishment for slavery , a punishment ...
... slavery within their borders . Having acted to emancipate the slaves by an act of “ mili- tary necessity , " as he called it , he was then free to interpret the war in biblical terms as God's punishment for slavery , a punishment ...
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... Slavery as Ordained of God was pub- lished in 1857 : The sum of pro - slavery theology seems to be this : " Slav- ery is ... slave , or be set free ? " The Almighty gives no audible answer to the question , and his revelation - the Bible ...
... Slavery as Ordained of God was pub- lished in 1857 : The sum of pro - slavery theology seems to be this : " Slav- ery is ... slave , or be set free ? " The Almighty gives no audible answer to the question , and his revelation - the Bible ...
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CHAPTER 3 | 26 |
Lincoln and the Debate about Civil Religion | 41 |
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