Author:
Fuller, Richard, 1804-1876.
Edition Statement:1st Mercer University Press annotated ed.
Imprint:Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, c2008.
Descriptionxii, 203 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:Newly annotated from 1847 ed., with new introd.
Note:Introduction -- Introduction to the 1847 edition -- The letter from Dr. Fuller to the editor of the Christian Reflector -- Dr. Wayland's letters to Dr. Fuller. Letter 1 : Errors on both sides -- Letter 2 : Definition of slavery -- Letter 3 : The holding of slaves does not necessarily involve guilt -- Letter 4 : Examination of the argument in favor of slavery from the Old Testament -- Letter 5 : The doctrine of expediency -- Letter 6 : The argument in favor of slavery from the New Testament -- Letter 7 : The method of prohibiting slavery in the New Testament -- Letter 8 : The duties devolving on Christian slaveholders -- Dr. Fuller's letters to Dr. Wayland. Letter 1 : The Southern states not answerable for the existence of domestic slavery -- Letter 2 : Slavery is not to be confounded with the abuses of slavery -- Letter 3 : Slavery proper, no violation of right -- Letter 4 : The argument from the Old Testament -- Letter 5 : The argument from the New Testament -- Letter 6 : The mode of teaching by principle in this case at variance with the character of God -- Dr. Wayland's closing letter -- Appendix 1 : Original Wayland article on domestic slavery -- Appendix 2 : Union of the Baptist denomination in enterprises of benevolence.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.
