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<blockquote data-quote="redleghunter" data-source="post: 69089228" data-attributes="member: 348895"><p>Evidence shows a lot of them were good Christian folk and did not own slaves. I guess their fault was they were too libertarian about what other people were doing. A kind of 'I believe slavery is wrong, but won't judge my neighbor' mentality. We still have that mentality in the Western nations to this day on many issues. Pot legalization, abortion, etc.</p><p></p><p>A little history on the beginnings of the Western Abolitionist Movement:</p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: #663300">In the Americas and Western Europe, </span></em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism" target="_blank"><u><em><span style="color: #663300">abolitionism</span></em></u></a><em><span style="color: #663300"> was a historical movement to end the African </span></em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_trade" target="_blank"><u><em><span style="color: #663300">slave trade</span></em></u></a><em><span style="color: #663300"> and set slaves free. <strong>Later, in the 17th century, English </strong></span></em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quakers" target="_blank"><u><strong><em><span style="color: #663300">Quakers</span></em></strong></u></a><strong><em><span style="color: #663300"> and evangelical religious groups condemned slavery (by then applied mostly to Africans) as un-Christian. In the 18th century, perhaps 6 million Africans were taken to the Americas as slaves, at least a third of them in British ships. Abolition was part of the message of the </span></em></strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Great_Awakening" target="_blank"><u><strong><em><span style="color: #663300">First Great Awakening</span></em></strong></u></a><strong><em><span style="color: #663300"> in the Thirteen Colonies. In the same period, rationalist thinkers of the </span></em></strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment" target="_blank"><u><strong><em><span style="color: #663300">Enlightenment</span></em></strong></u></a><em><span style="color: #663300"><strong> criticized slavery for violating human rights.</strong> </span></em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edward_Oglethorpe" target="_blank"><u><em><span style="color: #663300">James Edward Oglethorpe</span></em></u></a><em><span style="color: #663300"> was among the first to articulate the Enlightenment case against slavery. Oglethorpe banned slavery in the </span></em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Georgia" target="_blank"><u><em><span style="color: #663300">Province of Georgia</span></em></u></a><em><span style="color: #663300"> on humanistic grounds, argued against it in Parliament, and eventually encouraged his friends </span></em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Sharp" target="_blank"><u><em><span style="color: #663300">Granville Sharp</span></em></u></a><em><span style="color: #663300"> and </span></em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_More" target="_blank"><u><em><span style="color: #663300">Hannah More</span></em></u></a><em><span style="color: #663300"> to vigorously pursue the cause. Soon after his death in 1785, Sharp and More joined with </span></em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wilberforce" target="_blank"><u><em><span style="color: #663300">William Wilberforce</span></em></u></a><em><span style="color: #663300"> and others in forming the </span></em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapham_Sect" target="_blank"><u><em><span style="color: #663300">Clapham Sect</span></em></u></a><em><span style="color: #663300">.</span></em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism_in_the_United_States#cite_note-1" target="_blank"><u><em><span style="color: #663300">[1]</span></em></u></a><em><span style="color: #663300"> Although anti-slavery sentiments were widespread by the late 18th century, the colonies and emerging nations that used slave labor—including the south—continued to do so. (</span></em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism_in_the_United_States" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism_in_the_United_States</a>)</p><p></p><p>More here:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/nineteen/nkeyinfo/amabrel.htm" target="_blank">http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/nineteen/nkeyinfo/amabrel.htm</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="redleghunter, post: 69089228, member: 348895"] Evidence shows a lot of them were good Christian folk and did not own slaves. I guess their fault was they were too libertarian about what other people were doing. A kind of 'I believe slavery is wrong, but won't judge my neighbor' mentality. We still have that mentality in the Western nations to this day on many issues. Pot legalization, abortion, etc. A little history on the beginnings of the Western Abolitionist Movement: [I][COLOR=#663300]In the Americas and Western Europe, [/COLOR][/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism'][U][I][COLOR=#663300]abolitionism[/COLOR][/I][/U][/URL][I][COLOR=#663300] was a historical movement to end the African [/COLOR][/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_trade'][U][I][COLOR=#663300]slave trade[/COLOR][/I][/U][/URL][I][COLOR=#663300] and set slaves free. [B]Later, in the 17th century, English [/B][/COLOR][/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quakers'][U][B][I][COLOR=#663300]Quakers[/COLOR][/I][/B][/U][/URL][B][I][COLOR=#663300] and evangelical religious groups condemned slavery (by then applied mostly to Africans) as un-Christian. In the 18th century, perhaps 6 million Africans were taken to the Americas as slaves, at least a third of them in British ships. Abolition was part of the message of the [/COLOR][/I][/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Great_Awakening'][U][B][I][COLOR=#663300]First Great Awakening[/COLOR][/I][/B][/U][/URL][B][I][COLOR=#663300] in the Thirteen Colonies. In the same period, rationalist thinkers of the [/COLOR][/I][/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment'][U][B][I][COLOR=#663300]Enlightenment[/COLOR][/I][/B][/U][/URL][I][COLOR=#663300][B] criticized slavery for violating human rights.[/B] [/COLOR][/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edward_Oglethorpe'][U][I][COLOR=#663300]James Edward Oglethorpe[/COLOR][/I][/U][/URL][I][COLOR=#663300] was among the first to articulate the Enlightenment case against slavery. Oglethorpe banned slavery in the [/COLOR][/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Georgia'][U][I][COLOR=#663300]Province of Georgia[/COLOR][/I][/U][/URL][I][COLOR=#663300] on humanistic grounds, argued against it in Parliament, and eventually encouraged his friends [/COLOR][/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Sharp'][U][I][COLOR=#663300]Granville Sharp[/COLOR][/I][/U][/URL][I][COLOR=#663300] and [/COLOR][/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_More'][U][I][COLOR=#663300]Hannah More[/COLOR][/I][/U][/URL][I][COLOR=#663300] to vigorously pursue the cause. Soon after his death in 1785, Sharp and More joined with [/COLOR][/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wilberforce'][U][I][COLOR=#663300]William Wilberforce[/COLOR][/I][/U][/URL][I][COLOR=#663300] and others in forming the [/COLOR][/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapham_Sect'][U][I][COLOR=#663300]Clapham Sect[/COLOR][/I][/U][/URL][I][COLOR=#663300].[/COLOR][/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism_in_the_United_States#cite_note-1'][U][I][COLOR=#663300][1][/COLOR][/I][/U][/URL][I][COLOR=#663300] Although anti-slavery sentiments were widespread by the late 18th century, the colonies and emerging nations that used slave labor—including the south—continued to do so. ([/COLOR][/I][URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism_in_the_United_States[/URL]) More here: [URL]http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/nineteen/nkeyinfo/amabrel.htm[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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