"Had the holding of slaves been a moral evil, it cannot be supposed that the inspired Apostles...would have tolerated it, for a moment, in the Christian Church. If they had done so on a principle of accommodation, in cases where the masters remained
heathen, to avoid offences and civil commotion; yet, surely, where both master and servant were Christian, as in the case
before us, they would have enforced the law of Christ, and required, that the master should liberate his slave in the first
instance."
Reverend Richard Furman, 1823
This passage is MOST likely written from the point of view of
A)
an abolitionist
B)
an industrialist
a supporter of Lincoln
D
a states rights supporter