slavery

Brothers and sisters, please help me understand Leviticus 25:44-46 44 וְעַבְדְּךָ֥ וַאֲמָתְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִהְיוּ־לָ֑ךְ מֵאֵ֣ת הַגֹּויִ֗ם אֲשֶׁר֙ סְבִיבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם מֵהֶ֥ם תִּקְנ֖וּ עֶ֥בֶד וְאָמָֽה׃ As for your male and female slaves whom you may have: you may buy male and female slaves from among...

It's assumed that a number of Southern slave owners raped or otherwise committed adultery with female slaves, bringing forth illegitimate children who are also slaves. Is there any talk among antebellum pastors or theologians about such a crime? Any talk of disciplining such offenders? Any idea...

Greetings, I have been looking at Philemon, and I can't resolve a question. Was Paul asking Philemon to free Onesimus? Or was he asking him to forgive his transgressions and to treat him as he would a brother in Christ in addition to remaining a slave? Verse 16 also says that Onesimus would...

Tomorrow, Wednesday February 1,2012 Thabiti Anyawile(Reformed Baptist African American pastor from Cayman Islands) will be giving a lecture at TIU(Trinity International University).This is a well awaited and needed discussion that has been on alot of minds for a while now,especially in African...

“When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged. But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be avenged, for the slave is his money. (Exodus 21:20-21 ESV) Does anyone have any information about why a slave didn't need...