---
title: 'Thoughts on Slavery'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Conrad Speece'
- 'John Holt Rice'
date: 1819-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Race Relations and Slavery'
- 'Colonization'
- 'Domestic Missions'
scriptures:
- 'Philemon 1'
- 'Galatians 3'
- 'Exodus 21'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/speece-rice-1819-thoughts-on-slavery
---

# Thoughts on Slavery

Argues slavery is America’s chief political evil; immediate emancipation impractical. Urges support for colonization and religious education of slaves (Sunday schools) as gradual reform.

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