Argumentative Essay On Slavery

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THE SLAVERY QUESTION The Slavery is an inescapble topic in American history. The Founding Fathers were enslaving hundreds of thousands of Africans while they talked of liberty and equality. The surprising thing is that most of them are Christians. Even some contempory pastors and Christian scholars were also slave owners. They had a Biblical worldview and had a strong passion for God’s mission. They advacated slavery and believed the Bible support it? However, some others strongly opposed slavery because they believed the Bible is against it. Buck shares his view of support the slavery in his six consective articles “The slavery question”, however Pendlton stongly oppose buck’s idea in his reviews to Buck’s articles. In this paper, the author studies Buck’s paper and Pendlton’s paper to examine what they say about slavery and provide an explanation of main arguments for each one. Then, the author explains the differences in their argumentation. …show more content…
Since it gets approval from God, slavery is morally right. In the system, the helpless and oppressed could be protected and trained better. God institutes and provides the slavery system in the kingdom of Israel, because it is better system than the other system for the benefit of Israel. God have given his sanction, so it is not sinful. Buck believes that slavery is incorporated in the Abrahamic Covenant. He says Abraham is a slaveholder and circumcises his slaves just like circumcises his own sons. Through the sign of circumcision, Abraham bind the slaves into the convenant and identify them with his family forever as slaves. Buck says other approval of salvery can be found in the Abrahamic covenant, decalogue and Mosaic law. Furthermore, Jesus and his apostles accept the slavery and do not intend to abolish it in the New