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title: 'Speech Given in Montreal Refuting the Claim That Slaves Were Content in Bondage'
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authors:
- 'James William Charles Pennington'
date: 1862-09-06
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Slavery'
- 'Temperance'
scriptures:
- 'Philemon 1'
- 'Titus 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/pennington-1862-speech-given-in-montreal-refuting-the-claim-that-slaves-were-content-in-bondage
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# Speech Given in Montreal Refuting the Claim That Slaves Were Content in Bondage

Rev. J.W.C. Pennington, a former slave, condemned slavery’s abuses and saw the U.S. war as God’s judgment leading to emancipation. He likened intemperance to voluntary slavery and cited Paul.

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