Info found so far from "The War against Proslavery Religion."

Within the Book The War against Proslavery Religion by John R. McKivigan, I found a interesting point that abolitionists often made against slavery during the 19th Century. During this time Christianity was often taught to students and churches often supported slavery, abolitionists would argue that as the god gave everyone their own free will and therefore slavery was sin, so so they believed that god would require immediate emancipation. This argument was often seen as the evangelical view on slavery.

This Idea makes me wonder and want to continue to research through this book and hopefully other resources, how there were different view on slavery by different sects of the christian religion. Religion was used to support slavery, but could also be used to refute slavery.

I hope to come back and add to this post overtime, as I continue my research

McKivigan,  J. R.(1984). The War against Proslavery Religion: Abolitionism and the Northern Churches 1830-1865. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.