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title: 'An Address to the Churches in Relation to Slavery'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'John Rankin'
date: 1836-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Slavery'
- 'Race Relations and Slavery'
scriptures:
- 'Leviticus 25'
- 'Exodus 21'
- 'Deuteronomy 24'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/rankin-1836-an-address-to-the-churches-in-relation-to-slavery
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# An Address to the Churches in Relation to Slavery

Rev. John Rankin uses Scripture to condemn American slavery as incompatible with Christian teaching, contrasting Hebrew servitude laws with modern chattel slavery.

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