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`Am I not a Man and a Brother?' The Bible and the British Anti-Slavery Campaign

University of Durham

After surveying the use of the Bible on behalf of slave-owners, this article studies the biblical exegesis employed by Porteus, Sharp, Hughes and others in the British anti-slavery movement. The decisive hermeneutical move was the recategorization of the slave as a man/woman and a brother/sister — part of a larger intellectual shift in philosophy and theology. The specific contribution of evangelical theology is noted in this connection.

Key Words: Slavery • Anti-Slavery • Biblical hermeneutics • Enlightenment • Evangelical theology

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