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title: 'The Rights and the Duties of Masters: A Sermon Preached at the Dedication of a Church, Erected in Charleston, S.C., For the Benefit and Instruction of the Coloured Population'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'James Henley Thornwell'
date: 1850-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Race Relations and Slavery'
- 'Sermons'
scriptures:
- 'Colossians 4'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/thornwell-1850-the-rights-and-the-duties-of-masters
---

# The Rights and the Duties of Masters: A Sermon Preached at the Dedication of a Church, Erected in Charleston, S.C., For the Benefit and Instruction of the Coloured Population

1850 Charleston sermon urging Christian instruction for enslaved people; outlines masters’ rights and duties and defends Southern slaveholding against abolitionist attacks (colossians 4:1).

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