Does the Bible Condone Slavery? Slavery in the New World caused one of the greatest controversies of modern times. People have used the Bible to argue for and against this extremely inhumane practice. Few institutions in history have caused more suffering. A Slave is defined as “a human being who is the property of another and subject to compulsory labor, beyond the limits of the family” (Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics p.596). Slavery comes in …showed first 75 words of 2051 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2051 total…their Christianity and the Bible to prove that slavery is wrong. They were inspired by the Exodus story and Jesus’ teachings of love. Civil rights leaders in the fifties and sixties, most notably Dr. Martin Luther King, often quoted from the Bible in their struggle for equal rights. They appealed to Christians’ higher sense of ethics, not to a literal, fundamentalist understanding of the Bible. Bibliography Works Cited Cable, Louis. Does the Bible Condon Slavery?. 1997.