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Editorial
June 17, 1851
Worcester Daily Spy
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
What is this article about?
Editorial condemns American religious bodies for upholding slavery, arguing they hold the key to its end. Highlights US's unique sin due to its freedoms, rapid growth to 150 million by next century, and role as global asylum, urging purification via Christian liberty. From London Morning Advertiser.
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Fearful Responsibility.
No one pretends to deny that it is the religious bodies of America who maintain slavery, or that, if they were faithful to their duty to God and man, this iniquity would at once terminate. The church holds the key to the existence of slavery is more to be deprecated in the United States, than in any other part of the world where it still prevails. For there it sins with greater liberty and greater light. The population of the States is now over twenty millions, and its increase is so rapid, that it is estimated that it will amount to one hundred and fifty millions in another century. The United States are the asylum of the poor and oppressed of other lands. And apart from the mere consideration of sympathy with the colored race, is it not of infinite importance to the whole world, that such a country should aim, in the might of Christian truth and impartial liberty, to purify herself from the foul and disgraceful pollution of slavery?—London Morning Advertiser.
No one pretends to deny that it is the religious bodies of America who maintain slavery, or that, if they were faithful to their duty to God and man, this iniquity would at once terminate. The church holds the key to the existence of slavery is more to be deprecated in the United States, than in any other part of the world where it still prevails. For there it sins with greater liberty and greater light. The population of the States is now over twenty millions, and its increase is so rapid, that it is estimated that it will amount to one hundred and fifty millions in another century. The United States are the asylum of the poor and oppressed of other lands. And apart from the mere consideration of sympathy with the colored race, is it not of infinite importance to the whole world, that such a country should aim, in the might of Christian truth and impartial liberty, to purify herself from the foul and disgraceful pollution of slavery?—London Morning Advertiser.
What sub-type of article is it?
Slavery Abolition
Moral Or Religious
What keywords are associated?
Slavery Abolition
Church Responsibility
American Slavery
Religious Duty
Moral Iniquity
Us Population Growth
What entities or persons were involved?
Religious Bodies Of America
The Church
Colored Race
United States
London Morning Advertiser
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Religious Bodies' Responsibility For Maintaining And Ending Slavery In America
Stance / Tone
Strongly Anti Slavery Exhortation To Churches
Key Figures
Religious Bodies Of America
The Church
Colored Race
United States
London Morning Advertiser
Key Arguments
Religious Bodies Maintain Slavery And Could Terminate It If Faithful To Duty
Slavery In The Us Is More Deprecated Due To Greater Liberty And Light
Us Population Over Twenty Millions, Estimated To Reach One Hundred And Fifty Millions In A Century
United States As Asylum For The Poor And Oppressed Of Other Lands
Infinite Importance For The World That The Us Purifies Itself From Slavery Using Christian Truth And Impartial Liberty