[RoosterRedux]

Funny you should ask that. It was the evangelical movement in England (Wilburforce) that played a major role there and Christians played a major role in abolition in the U.S.

Don't you think "do unto others" is a principle that would apply to abolition?

[Okieshooter]

But it took 1800 years for it to happen. And there is zero in the Bible condemning slavery. There is do under others in the Bible but I guess the Christians said except slaves for 1800 years.

One the the first writers in the colonies to condemn slavery was Thomas Paine and was a founding member of the first anti slavery organization. Paine was for sure not a Christian.

https://www.constitution.org/tp/afri.htm