Call number
Publication
Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, 2018.
Physical description
xii, 183 p.; 23 cm
Notes
See also :
1. Companion to this title - Still Letting My People Go, by Jack R. Davidson - https://www.librarycat.org/lib/pcahc/item/188012486
2. Biographical of Eli Washington Caruthers [1793-1865]:
--a. Bassett, John Spencer [1867-1928], Anti-slavery Leaders of North Carolina. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1898, pp. 56-60. = https://archive.org/details/antislaveryleade00bass/page/58/mode/2up
--b. Schenck, David [1835-1902], A Short Sketch of the Life of Eli Caruthers, D.D. Greensboro, NC: Reece & Elam, 1901. -
https://archive.org/details/shortsketch00sche/page/n1/mode/2up
--c. Troxler, George, Eli Caruthers, a Silent Dissenter in the Old South. Off-print from The Journal of Presbyterian History, Vol. 45, no. 2 (June 1967) - https://archive.org/details/elicarutherssile00trox
3. Other works by Eli Washington Caruthers [1793-1865]:
--a. A Sketch of the Life and Character of the Rev. David Caldwell, D.D. Greensborough, NC: Swaim and Sherwood, 1842. - https://archive.org/details/sketchoflifechar00car
--b. Revolutionary Incidents and Sketches of Character, chiefly in the "Old North State." Philadelphia: Hayes & Zeli, 1854. -
https://archive.org/details/revolutionaryinc00caruth/page/n3/mode/2up
--c. Interesting Revolutionary Incidents and Sketches of Character, chiefly in the "Old North State." Second Series. Philadelphia: Hayes & Zeli, 1856. - https://archive.org/details/interestingrevol00incaru
--d. A Brief History of Col. David Fanning. Weldon, NC: Harrell's Printing House, 1888. - https://archive.org/details/briefhistoryofco00caru
CONTENTS
Introduction.
Preface.
Let My People Go That They May Serve Me.
I. The claim : My people. They are mine and not yours : for you have no right to them.
1. On creation and preservation.
2. The deep and long-continued degradation of the Africans in their own land no reason why they should be enslaved.
3. The alleged ambiguity of slavery furnishes no justification of this practice.
4. Slavery in Egypt.
5. Slavery, if there was such a thing, in Babylon.
6. Slavery in Ancient Greece.
7. Slavery in the Roman Empire.
8. The orderings of Providence furnish no justification of slavery.
9. The Lord's claims on the Africans and all other races and portions of mankind is founded on redemption.
10. Differences between servants and slaves.
11. Noah's prediction.
12. Servitude during the patriarchal age.
13. Servitude under the Mosaic dispensation.
14. Servitude under the Christian dispensation.
15. The opinions of learned and good men in its favor is no proof that slavery is right.
16. Slavery originated in avarice, falsehood, and cruelty.
II. The demand : Let my people go.
17. The demand enforced by providence.
18. Human beings cannot be held as property.
III. The reason for the demand or the purpose for which it is made.
19. Slave Code of the South.
20. According to the present laws and usages of the land, slaves cannot make that entire surrender of themselves to the Lord which the gospel requires and to which the renewed nature prompts them.
21. Under the existing laws and in the present state of society slaves cannot have that equality of rights and privileges which is in the New Testament accorded to all believers.
22. Progress of Emancipation.
23. The influences which the abolition of slavery in these southern states would probably have upon the African Slave trade, upon slavery in other parts of the world and upon the future destiny of the whole African race.
Bibliography. [p. 183]
1. Companion to this title - Still Letting My People Go, by Jack R. Davidson - https://www.librarycat.org/lib/pcahc/item/188012486
2. Biographical of Eli Washington Caruthers [1793-1865]:
--a. Bassett, John Spencer [1867-1928], Anti-slavery Leaders of North Carolina. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1898, pp. 56-60. = https://archive.org/details/antislaveryleade00bass/page/58/mode/2up
--b. Schenck, David [1835-1902], A Short Sketch of the Life of Eli Caruthers, D.D. Greensboro, NC: Reece & Elam, 1901. -
https://archive.org/details/shortsketch00sche/page/n1/mode/2up
--c. Troxler, George, Eli Caruthers, a Silent Dissenter in the Old South. Off-print from The Journal of Presbyterian History, Vol. 45, no. 2 (June 1967) - https://archive.org/details/elicarutherssile00trox
3. Other works by Eli Washington Caruthers [1793-1865]:
--a. A Sketch of the Life and Character of the Rev. David Caldwell, D.D. Greensborough, NC: Swaim and Sherwood, 1842. - https://archive.org/details/sketchoflifechar00car
--b. Revolutionary Incidents and Sketches of Character, chiefly in the "Old North State." Philadelphia: Hayes & Zeli, 1854. -
https://archive.org/details/revolutionaryinc00caruth/page/n3/mode/2up
--c. Interesting Revolutionary Incidents and Sketches of Character, chiefly in the "Old North State." Second Series. Philadelphia: Hayes & Zeli, 1856. - https://archive.org/details/interestingrevol00incaru
--d. A Brief History of Col. David Fanning. Weldon, NC: Harrell's Printing House, 1888. - https://archive.org/details/briefhistoryofco00caru
CONTENTS
Introduction.
Preface.
Let My People Go That They May Serve Me.
I. The claim : My people. They are mine and not yours : for you have no right to them.
1. On creation and preservation.
2. The deep and long-continued degradation of the Africans in their own land no reason why they should be enslaved.
3. The alleged ambiguity of slavery furnishes no justification of this practice.
4. Slavery in Egypt.
5. Slavery, if there was such a thing, in Babylon.
6. Slavery in Ancient Greece.
7. Slavery in the Roman Empire.
8. The orderings of Providence furnish no justification of slavery.
9. The Lord's claims on the Africans and all other races and portions of mankind is founded on redemption.
10. Differences between servants and slaves.
11. Noah's prediction.
12. Servitude during the patriarchal age.
13. Servitude under the Mosaic dispensation.
14. Servitude under the Christian dispensation.
15. The opinions of learned and good men in its favor is no proof that slavery is right.
16. Slavery originated in avarice, falsehood, and cruelty.
II. The demand : Let my people go.
17. The demand enforced by providence.
18. Human beings cannot be held as property.
III. The reason for the demand or the purpose for which it is made.
19. Slave Code of the South.
20. According to the present laws and usages of the land, slaves cannot make that entire surrender of themselves to the Lord which the gospel requires and to which the renewed nature prompts them.
21. Under the existing laws and in the present state of society slaves cannot have that equality of rights and privileges which is in the New Testament accorded to all believers.
22. Progress of Emancipation.
23. The influences which the abolition of slavery in these southern states would probably have upon the African Slave trade, upon slavery in other parts of the world and upon the future destiny of the whole African race.
Bibliography. [p. 183]