---
title: 'A Discussion on Slaveholding with Cortlandt Van Rensselaer'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'George Dodd Armstrong, D.D., LL.D.'
- 'Cortlandt  Van Rensselaer, Sr.'
date: 1858-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Race Relations and Slavery'
- 'Scripture'
scriptures:
- 'Ephesians 6'
- 'Colossians 3'
- 'Philemon 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/armstrong-van-rensselaer-1858-a-discussion-on-slaveholding-with-cortlandt-van-rensselaer
---

# A Discussion on Slaveholding with Cortlandt Van Rensselaer

1858 pamphlet of letters debating the scriptural doctrine of slavery and emancipation. Armstrong and Van Rensselaer argue biblical interpretation and the Church’s duty.

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