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American Catholics and Slavery, 1789-1866: An Anthology of Primary Documents

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This work brings together in one place number one material dealing with the problem of American Catholics and slavery. The anthology is organized in three parts. Every part is preceded by an introduction offering an overview of the section and Every of the one hundred documents. Part I comprises documents which established the Roman Catholic position at the morality of slave and slave-holding. Part II specializes in the context of america in the 18th and 19th centuries during which the Roman church existed. Part III presents documents generated by Catholics themselves specifically in the case of slavery. Contents: Introduction; PART ONE: THE CATHOLIC TRADITION ON SLAVERY; The Hebrew Scriptures; The New Testament: The Letters of Paul; Church Fathers and Theologians; Church Councils; A Slave Code of a Catholic King; Papal Encyclicals; PART TWO: THE CONTEXT: 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY AMERICA; An Overview; Slavery: The Socio-Political Setting; Abolition and Abolitionists: Uniquely a Minority Protestant View; American Colonization Society; Papal Statements at the Evils of the Age: A Catholic World View; Nativism and Anti-Catholicism: Attack and Response; Friendly Observations of Catholics by Southerners; PART THREE: CATHOLICS ON SLAVERY: 1789-1866; Observers of Catholics and Slavery; The Catholic Press at the Subject of Slavery; The Work of Religious A number of the Blacks; Catholics as Slave Buyers, Sellers and Masters; Statements of Former Slaves of Catholics; Baptism Registers; Statements of Catholic Priests; Theologizing on Slavery; Bishops’ Pastoral Letters on Slavery; Personal Letters on Slavery; Personal Letters of Catholic Bishops; A Civil War Diary; The Second Plenary Council of Baltimore; Notes; Index.

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