"People entering a work contract seldom agree that they can be beaten to death." (js1138)
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"Cite?"
Does he really need a cite for that?
I hear the sound of someone desparately googling for a loophole. It doesn't work. During thos periods when Christians owned slaves they justified it with scripture, both Old and New Testament.
Several of the American Founders -- jefferson, Franklin, Payne -- wrote of their admiration of Quakers for their stand against slavery.
I find it interesting that the Christian denomination that rejects doctrine and creed was the first to notice the evils of slavery. I would say there is a correlation between fundamentalism and acceptance of slavery. Certainly the Muslims are having a hard time giving it up.
When talking with those who do not condemn slavery, it would seem so.