Reverend Benjamin Morgan Palmer Reverend Benjamin Morgan Palmer

Reverend Benjamin Morgan Palmer

Reverend Benjamin Morgan Palmer Slavery a Divine Trust: Duty of the South to Preserve and Perpetuate it 1. The South’s providential trust “is to conserve and to perpetuate the institution of slavery as now existing…. ” 2. White slave owners act as guardians of their black slaves. Blacks are like helpless children who the slave owner protects. 3. “Freedom would be their doom. ” 4. Slaves “form parts of our households, even as our children…. ” 5. The world should FEAR abolition. The world is more dependent on slavery for its wealth than ever, and if slavery ends, the world economy will totter. 6. The South needs slavery to support its material interests. Slavery is a matter of self-preservation for the South. 7. The South defends the cause of God and religion, since the “Abolition spirit is undeniably atheistic…. ”

Rabbi Morris J. Raphall Bible View of Slavery Slaver POINT 1: The Bible does not condemn slavery. However, it does condemn coveting another’s property, including another’s slaves. POINT 2: Abolitionists, such as Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, are inventing new sins when they claim that slavery is evil. By doing this they are insulting and exasperating “thousands of God-fearing, law-abiding citizens” and have pushed the country toward civil war.

Reverend Henry Ward Beecher Peace, Be Still POINT 1: “…The whole nation is guilty [regarding slavery]…. ” POINT 2: “Our civilization has not begotten humanity and respect for others’ rights, nor a spirit of protection to the weak…. ”