Chapter I: Front Matter

HISTORY OF EMANCIPATION 79

CHAPTER V.
THE OLD TESTAMENT ARGUMENT 94
The Curse upon Canaan 101
Abraham a Slaveholder 104
Hagar Remanded to Slavery by God 110
Slavery in the Laws of Moses 114
Slavery in the Decalogue 122
Objections to the Old Testament Argument 124

CHAPTER VI.
THE NEW TESTAMENT ARGUMENT 146
Definition of Δουλος 146
Slavery often mentioned; yet not condemned 149
Christ Applauds a Slaveholder 153
The Apostles Separate Slavery and its Abuses 155
Slavery no Essential Religious Evil 158
Slaveholders fully Admitted to Church-membership 161
Relative Duties of Masters and Slaves Recognized 167
Philemon and Onesimus 176
St. Paul Reprobates Abolitionists 185
The Golden Rule Compatible with Slavery 192
Was Christ Afraid to Condemn Slavery? 198

CHAPTER VII.
THE ETHICAL ARGUMENT 209
Misrepresentations Cleared 213
The Rights of Man and Slavery 241
Abolitionism is Jacobinism 262
Labour of Another may be Property 271
The Slave Received due Wages 273
Effects of Slavery on Moral Character 276
Slavery and the African Slave Trade 288
The Morality of Slavery Vindicated by its Results 293

CHAPTER VIII.
ECONOMICAL EFFECTS OF SLAVERY 295
Slavery and Republican Government 297
Slavery and Malthusianism 303
Comparative Productiveness of Slave Labour 317
Effects of Slavery in the South, compared with those of Free
Labour in the North 331
Effects of Slavery on Population, Disease, and Crime 340

CHAPTER IX.
CONCLUSION 349