Scriptural researches on the licitness of the slave-trade, shewing its conformity with the principles of natural and revealed religion, delineated in the sacred writings of the word of God, / by the Rev. R. Harris. ; [Two lines from John]

Title

Scriptural researches on the licitness of the slave-trade, shewing its conformity with the principles of natural and revealed religion, delineated in the sacred writings of the word of God, / by the Rev. R. Harris. ; [Two lines from John]

Author

Harris, R. (Raymund).

Publication

[Fredericktown, Md.] :: London: printed for John Stockdale, opposite Burlington House, Piccadilly. 1788. Frederick Town: (Maryland) re-printed by John Winter, in Patrick-Street.,

1790.

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Subject terms

Slavery -- Justification.

Slavery in the Bible.

Slave-trade.

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"Scriptural researches on the licitness of the slave-trade, shewing its conformity with the principles of natural and revealed religion, delineated in the sacred writings of the word of God, / by the Rev. R. Harris. ; [Two lines from John]." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N17436.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• dedication
• PREFACE.
• DATA.
• SECTION I. Scriptural Researches on the licitness of the Slave-Trade, shewing its conformity with the principles of the Law of Nature delineated in the Sacred Writings.
  • ABRAHAM.
  • JOSEPH.
• SECTION II. Scriptural Researches on the licitness of the Slave-Trade, shewing its conformity with the principles of the Mosaic Law delineated in the Sacred Writings.
  • EXODUS.
  • LEVITICUS.
  • JOSHUA.
• SECTION III. Scriptural Researches on the licitness of the Slave-Trade, shewing its conformity with che principles of the Chris∣tian Dispensation delineated in the Sacred Writings.
  • 1. EPISTLE to TIMOTHY.
  • EPISTLE TO PHILEMON.
• COROLLARIES.
• ADVERTISEMENT.