tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post8069296191135607496..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: Slaves Did Not Abolish SlaveryLarry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-85984555912509447762017-05-20T10:46:32.774+01:002017-05-20T10:46:32.774+01:00Tony,
Your question points to the puzzle of slave...Tony,<br /><br />Your question points to the puzzle of slavery in Christendom. On the one hand, the abolitionist movement began in the middle of the 18th century in the Christian West, and many of its leaders were devout Christians. On the other hand, the Bible never condemns slavery, and slavery was practiced in Christendom for thousands of years. It was easy for the proslavery Christians in the American South to quote the Bible as supporting slavery. Consequently, as Mark Noll has noted, the Civil War became a theological crisis for Christians, because this great moral question was not resolved by the Bible. I have written about this in a series of blog posts, including one on February 26, 2016, which includes links to the others.Larry Arnharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-78345228789504328442017-05-16T19:07:36.514+01:002017-05-16T19:07:36.514+01:00Are there any examples, outside the Christian (or ...Are there any examples, outside the Christian (or if you prefer, liberal post-Christian) West, of a people who had slavery but then abolished it for moral reasons?Tony Bartlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13470869510360459222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-16152011210961643772017-05-08T19:37:18.333+01:002017-05-08T19:37:18.333+01:00Can you give me a citation for that? Chiefdoms had...Can you give me a citation for that? Chiefdoms had slavery. But I would be surprised if any pure foraging bands had slavery.Larry Arnharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-69508657336584315732017-05-08T11:42:00.406+01:002017-05-08T11:42:00.406+01:00You've got your history wrong. With the possib...You've got your history wrong. With the possible exception of the Khoisan (who are truly different in so many ways, and probably not H. sapiens), hunter-gatherers did capture and exploit slaves. American Indian history, especially the plains horse culture, is replete with such examples. Women and children were favored, because they can be controlled relatively easily.sykes.1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10954672321945289871noreply@blogger.com