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Bible Defence of Slavery

Name: Bible Defence of Slavery
Author: Josiah Priest

Josiah Priest

Read by JoeD · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Publishers Preface (22:47)
Chapter 1 - Complexion of Adam, Eve and Antediluvians (21:22)
Chapter 2a - Origins of the White and Negro races. Proof that White and Negro complexions were created hundreds of years after Adam's creation. Meanings of the names of Noah's sons. (22:07)
Chapter 2b - Origins of the White and Negro races. Proof that White and Negro complexions were created hundreds of years after Adam's creation. Meanings of the names of Noah's sons. (24:26)
Chapter 3 - Settlements of the first nations after the Flood. The Red, White and Negro races begin with the offspring of Noah. Differences in the bodies and constitutions of the White and Negro races. (13:58)
Chapter 4a - Proof that the Negro complexion is not caused by climate. Ham, the son of Noah was the first Negro. The scattered nations after the ruin of the Tower of Babel. The offspring of Ham, including Egyptians and the wife of Moses, were Negroes (22:05)
Chapter 4b - Proof that the Negro complexion is not caused by climate. Ham, the son of Noah was the first Negro. The scattered nations after the ruin of the Tower of Babel. The offspring of Ham, including Egyptians and the wife of Moses, were Negroes (23:20)
Chapter 5a - Reasons why God created races different from Adam. Global climate affected by the Flood. Origin of straight-haired Negroes. Noah’s curse on the race of Ham. Perpetual slavery entailed upon the Negro race as God’s judicial decree. (17:26)
Chapter 5b - Reasons why God created races different from Adam. Global climate affected by the Flood. Origin of straight-haired Negroes. Noah’s curse on the race of Ham. Perpetual slavery entailed upon the Negro race as God’s judicial decree. (24:34)
Chapter 5c - Reasons why God created races different from Adam. Global climate affected by the Flood. Origin of straight-haired Negroes. Noah’s curse on the race of Ham. Perpetual slavery entailed upon the Negro race as God’s judicial decree. (24:05)
Chapter 6a - Slavery endorsed by the Law of Moses. Hebrew laws regarding servants and slaves. Perpetual slaves to be bought of Negro heathen. Countering abolitionist objections regarding purchase of slaves in the law of Moses (28:03)
Chapter 6b - Slavery endorsed by the Law of Moses. Hebrew laws regarding servants and slaves. Perpetual slaves to be bought of Negro heathen. Countering abolitionist objections regarding purchase of slaves in the law of Moses (26:39)
Chapter 6c - Slavery endorsed by the Law of Moses. Hebrew laws regarding servants and slaves. Perpetual slaves to be bought of Negro heathen. Countering abolitionist objections regarding purchase of slaves in the law of Moses (26:57)
Chapter 6d - Slavery endorsed by the Law of Moses. Hebrew laws regarding servants and slaves. Perpetual slaves to be bought of Negro heathen. Countering abolitionist objections regarding purchase of slaves in the law of Moses (21:33)
Chapter 6e - Slavery endorsed by the Law of Moses. Hebrew laws regarding servants and slaves. Perpetual slaves to be bought of Negro heathen. Countering abolitionist objections regarding purchase of slaves in the law of Moses (21:46)
Chapter 7 - Refuting the abolitionist claim that the Negro are equal with other races. The mark of Cain. Ham was the only Negro before the Flood. Evidence that God favors the White over the Black race. (31:17)
Chapter 8a - Moral and civil inferiority of the Negro. The lewdness of the Negro Sodomites. Evidences for sexual perversions of the Negro. (34:18)
Chapter 8b - Moral and civil inferiority of the Negro. The lewdness of the Negro Sodomites. Evidences for sexual perversions of the Negro. (28:20)
Chapter 9a - Refuting abolitionist claim of the Negro's mental equality with the White. Origin of the Pyramids and Tower of Babel. Resemblance of Africans to the Simian ourang-outang. Brutish nature of the Negro. (24:36)
Chapter 9b - Refuting abolitionist claim of the Negro's mental equality with the White. Origin of the Pyramids and Tower of Babel. Resemblance of Africans to the Simian ourang-outang. Brutish nature of the Negro. (21:25)
Chapter 9c - Refuting abolitionist claim of the Negro's mental equality with the White. Origin of the Pyramids and Tower of Babel. Resemblance of Africans to the Simian ourang-outang. Brutish nature of the Negro. (30:07)
Chapter 9d - Refuting abolitionist claim of the Negro's mental equality with the White. Origin of the Pyramids and Tower of Babel. Resemblance of Africans to the Simian ourang-outang. Brutish nature of the Negro. (27:36)
Chapter 10a - Arguments against the amalgamation of the White and Black races. Negroes' brains found to be less in measure than the White man's. Tolerance of the Negro to pain. Refuting the objections of the abolitionist. (28:48)
Chapter 10b - Arguments against the amalgamation of the White and Black races. Negroes' brains found to be less in measure than the White man's. Tolerance of the Negro to pain. Refuting the objections of the abolitionist. (20:32)
Chapter 11a - The fulfillment of God's pronouncements of Negro servitude. The Nations of Japheth. The worship of Baal among the Africans. Epistles of St Paul respecting slavery. Slavery in the Roman Empire. Jesus did not reprove slavery. (28:11)
Chapter 11b - The fulfillment of God's pronouncements of Negro servitude. The Nations of Japheth. The worship of Baal among the Africans. Epistles of St Paul respecting slavery. Slavery in the Roman Empire. Jesus did not reprove slavery. (31:13)
Chapter 11c - The fulfillment of God's pronouncements of Negro servitude. The Nations of Japheth. The worship of Baal among the Africans. Epistles of St Paul respecting slavery. Slavery in the Roman Empire. Jesus did not reprove slavery. (27:26)
Chapter 11d - The fulfillment of God's pronouncements of Negro servitude. The Nations of Japheth. The worship of Baal among the Africans. Epistles of St Paul respecting slavery. Slavery in the Roman Empire. Jesus did not reprove slavery. (24:03)
Chapter 12a - The Bible never abolishes slavery, as abolitionists assert they have. Answering the objections of the abolitionists, that slavery is abolished due to Jesus' law of love for neighbor. (33:30)
Chapter 12b - The Bible never abolishes slavery, as abolitionists assert they have. Answering the objections of the abolitionists, that slavery is abolished due to Jesus' law of love for neighbor. (32:53)
Chapter 13a - Ill effects of freeing the negroes in the British West Indies. Ill effects if southern slaves were to be freed. The British, the enemy of the U.S., would benefit from the abolition of slavery (23:40)
Chapter 13b - Ill effects of freeing the negroes in the British West Indies. Ill effects if southern slaves were to be freed. The British, the enemy of the U.S., would benefit from the abolition of slavery (26:16)
Chapter 14a - Difference between Black and White sensibilities on being separated from wives and children. The happiness of the Negro lies under the White man's control. God has decreed the slavery, not hired servitude, of the Negro (24:17)
Chapter 14b - Difference between Black and White sensibilities on being separated from wives and children. The happiness of the Negro lies under the White man's control. God has decreed the slavery, not hired servitude, of the Negro (23:48)
Chapter 15a - The subject of God's judicial law, and Jesus' law of love examined in relation to Negro slavery. The Gospel of Jesus first preached to Whites. All the arts of the world are the invention of the White race. (34:08)
Chapter 15b - The subject of God's judicial law, and Jesus' law of love examined in relation to Negro slavery. The Gospel of Jesus first preached to Whites. All the arts of the world are the invention of the White race. (31:38)
Strictures on Abolitionism - Part a. National colonization of the free black population of the United States, advocated. By the Publishers. (24:50)
Strictures on Abolitionism - Part b. National colonization of the free black population of the United States, advocated. By the Publishers. (29:15)
Strictures on Abolitionism - Part c. National colonization of the free black population of the United States, advocated. By the Publishers. (30:00)
Strictures on Abolitionism - Part d. National colonization of the free black population of the United States, advocated. By the Publishers. (27:35)
Strictures on Abolitionism - Part e. National colonization of the free black population of the United States, advocated. By the Publishers. (39:42)
Slavery and the Fugitive Slave Law. From Rev. A Campbell. (24:00)
Proposition. from Rev George Junkin. - part a (42:28)
Proposition. from Rev George Junkin. - part b (37:03)
Proposition. from Rev George Junkin. - part c (25:53)
Proposition. from Rev George Junkin. - part d (21:06)
Certificates. (28:33)