"Thus the institution of slavery was not only defended by every argument of self-interest, but many a Southern pulpit …"

"Slavery is an evil of the first magnitude, ... and contrary to all the genuine principles of Christianity, and yet ca…"

"In a Christian era, in a land where Christianity is planted, where every one might expect to behold the flourishing g…"

"The holders of men in slavery ... cannot otherwise but expect in one day at last, to meet with the full stroke of the…"

"As to the doctrine of slavery and the right of Christians to hold Africans in perpetual servitude, and sell and treat…"

"Why, then, in the absence of all control over the subject of African slavery, are you agitated in relation to it? Wit…"

"Growing up in Texas and Mississippi, author Robert P. Jones was a very active member of his Southern Baptist Conventi…"

"The precipitating event was really whether someone who was being called as a missionary to spread the gospel could si…"

"The slave owning argument really had more of the Bible on its side, at least read literally. You know, there's plenty…"

"It is almost impossible for us nowadays to understand how profoundly and inextricably Negro slavery was interwoven in…"