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re: Charles Darwin and the abolition of slavery

Posted on 7/5/14 at 1:34 pm to
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 7/5/14 at 1:34 pm to
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"Darwinism and Abolition: How Atheism Freed the Slaves"



I doubt that would be factually correct as virtually every single person in the abolitionist movement in the 1850s and 60s were devout Christians who used the Bible as a source for their beliefs and interpretations.

Posted by cwill
Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 7/5/14 at 6:33 pm to
Darwin wasn't an atheist either.
This post was edited on 7/5/14 at 6:34 pm
Posted by inelishaitrust
Oxford, MS
Member since Jan 2008
26079 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 10:42 am to
quote:

I doubt that would be factually correct as virtually every single person in the abolitionist movement in the 1850s and 60s were devout Christians who used the Bible as a source for their beliefs and interpretations.


Those who were proponents of Christianity used it for their cause, of course. Science ftw, though.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98356 posts
Posted on 7/7/14 at 5:41 am to
Virtually every american and Briton in the 19th century professedto be a christian so both pro and anti slavery ffacions were led by christians who used scripture to justify their positions. RL Dabne was consideredone of the foremost theologians of that era, who is still revered by some conservative Christians. By modern standards, he was a vicious racist who used the bible to justify slavery and the inferiority of non whites.
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