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Publication
Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, 2018.
Physical description
xiii, 229 p.; 23 cm
Notes
See also :
1. Companion to this title - American Slavery and the Immediate Duty of Southern Slaveholders : A Transcription of Eli Washington Caruthers's Unpublished Manuscript against Slavery., by Eli Washington Caruthers [1793-1865] - https://www.librarycat.org/lib/pcahc/item/188011884
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
Abstract [p. vii] :
Within the theological and historical context of nineteenth-century America, Eli Washington Caruthers's unpublished manuscript, American Slavery and the Immediate Duty of Southern Slaveholders, is an authentic alternative to the nineteenth-century hermeneutics that supported slavery. On the basis of Exodus 10:3--"Let my people go that they may serve me," Caruthers argues that God was acting in history against all slavery. Unlike proslavery or antislavery arguments guided largely by the New Testament, Caruthers believes the Exodus text is a privileged passage to which all thinking on slavery must conform. Permeation of nineteenth-century antislavery literature with the Exodus text gave divine impetus to the struggle against slavery and a genuine social dimension to the Christian faith. As the most extensive development of the Exodus text within this field of literature, Caruthers's manuscript is an invaluable primary source, especially relevant to historians' current appraisal of the biblical sanction for slavery in nineteenth-century America. It does not correspond to characterizations of antislavery literature as biblically weak. For example, historians Elizabeth Fox-Genovese and Eugene Geneovese assert that the proslavery argument is based upon scripture and the antislavery argument is less biblical, dependent on the ideals of the Enlightenment. To the contrary, the analysis of Caruthers's manuscript reveals a thoroughly reasoned biblical argument unlike any other produced during the nineteenth century against the hermeneutics supporting slavery.
CONTENTS
Abstract
Foreword, by Kathy Ehrensperger.
Introduction.
Chapter 1. : The Manuscript and Author.
--Manuscript.
--The Author.
--Outline of the Book.
Chapter 2 : The Claim of Exodus 10:3.
--Creation and Preservation.
--Redemption through the Covenant.
Chapter 3 : The Demand of Exodus 10:3.
--Scripture.
--Providence.
Chapter 4 : The Purpose of Exodus 10:3.
--Christianity and the Laws of Slave States.
--Slavery Hinders Service.
--Progress of Emancipation, Colonization, and Conclusion.
Chapter 5 : Presbyterians and American Slavery.
--American Presbyterians.
--Caruthers and Recent Consideration of the Slavery Question.
Chapter 6 : Caruthers and the Enlightenment.
--Sources of the Antislavery Argument.
--Interpreting Caruthers's Use of the Declaration of Independence.
Chapter 7 : The Similarity of Caruthers to Other Antislavery Literature.
--Noah's Curse.
--Abraham's Servants.
--Moses and Slavery.
--The Christian Era.
Chapter 8 : The Exodus Text in Nineteenth-Century Discourse.
--Exodus Text Conspectus (1807-1865)
--Evaluation and Implications.
Chapter 9 : Caruther's Method.
Chapter 10 : Caruthers and Recent Studies.
--Modern Commentaries and Slavery Texts.
--Complementary Studies to Caruthers.
--Keesmaat and Exodus in the Writings of Paul.
Chapter 11 : Review and Conclusion.
Appendix : Evaluating Former Slave Testimony.
Bibliography.[pp. 217-229]
1. Companion to this title - American Slavery and the Immediate Duty of Southern Slaveholders : A Transcription of Eli Washington Caruthers's Unpublished Manuscript against Slavery., by Eli Washington Caruthers [1793-1865] - https://www.librarycat.org/lib/pcahc/item/188011884
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
Abstract [p. vii] :
Within the theological and historical context of nineteenth-century America, Eli Washington Caruthers's unpublished manuscript, American Slavery and the Immediate Duty of Southern Slaveholders, is an authentic alternative to the nineteenth-century hermeneutics that supported slavery. On the basis of Exodus 10:3--"Let my people go that they may serve me," Caruthers argues that God was acting in history against all slavery. Unlike proslavery or antislavery arguments guided largely by the New Testament, Caruthers believes the Exodus text is a privileged passage to which all thinking on slavery must conform. Permeation of nineteenth-century antislavery literature with the Exodus text gave divine impetus to the struggle against slavery and a genuine social dimension to the Christian faith. As the most extensive development of the Exodus text within this field of literature, Caruthers's manuscript is an invaluable primary source, especially relevant to historians' current appraisal of the biblical sanction for slavery in nineteenth-century America. It does not correspond to characterizations of antislavery literature as biblically weak. For example, historians Elizabeth Fox-Genovese and Eugene Geneovese assert that the proslavery argument is based upon scripture and the antislavery argument is less biblical, dependent on the ideals of the Enlightenment. To the contrary, the analysis of Caruthers's manuscript reveals a thoroughly reasoned biblical argument unlike any other produced during the nineteenth century against the hermeneutics supporting slavery.
CONTENTS
Abstract
Foreword, by Kathy Ehrensperger.
Introduction.
Chapter 1. : The Manuscript and Author.
--Manuscript.
--The Author.
--Outline of the Book.
Chapter 2 : The Claim of Exodus 10:3.
--Creation and Preservation.
--Redemption through the Covenant.
Chapter 3 : The Demand of Exodus 10:3.
--Scripture.
--Providence.
Chapter 4 : The Purpose of Exodus 10:3.
--Christianity and the Laws of Slave States.
--Slavery Hinders Service.
--Progress of Emancipation, Colonization, and Conclusion.
Chapter 5 : Presbyterians and American Slavery.
--American Presbyterians.
--Caruthers and Recent Consideration of the Slavery Question.
Chapter 6 : Caruthers and the Enlightenment.
--Sources of the Antislavery Argument.
--Interpreting Caruthers's Use of the Declaration of Independence.
Chapter 7 : The Similarity of Caruthers to Other Antislavery Literature.
--Noah's Curse.
--Abraham's Servants.
--Moses and Slavery.
--The Christian Era.
Chapter 8 : The Exodus Text in Nineteenth-Century Discourse.
--Exodus Text Conspectus (1807-1865)
--Evaluation and Implications.
Chapter 9 : Caruther's Method.
Chapter 10 : Caruthers and Recent Studies.
--Modern Commentaries and Slavery Texts.
--Complementary Studies to Caruthers.
--Keesmaat and Exodus in the Writings of Paul.
Chapter 11 : Review and Conclusion.
Appendix : Evaluating Former Slave Testimony.
Bibliography.[pp. 217-229]