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title: 'Modern Reform Examined; or, The Union of North and South on the Subject of Slavery'
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authors:
- 'Joseph Clay Stiles'
date: 1857-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Slavery'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Philemon 1'
- 'Ephesians 6'
- 'Exodus 21'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/stiles-1857-modern-reform-examined-or-the-union-of-north-and-south-on-the-subject-of-slavery
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# Modern Reform Examined; or, The Union of North and South on the Subject of Slavery

1857 Presbyterian critique of abolitionism arguing 'Modern Reform' is arrogant and destructive; defends biblical regulation of slavery and urges conciliatory North–South union.

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