---
title: 'A Debate on Slavery'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Nathan Lewis Rice'
date: 1846-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Slavery'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 17'
- 'Leviticus 25'
- 'Matthew 7'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/rice-1846-a-debate-on-slavery
---

# A Debate on Slavery

Report of an 1845 Cincinnati debate between Rev. J. Blanchard and N.L. Rice on whether slaveholding is sinful; contains full transcripts, indexes, and theological argumentation.

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