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This sermon, by the Rev. John T. Wightman, was accordingly delivered to his congregation in Yorkville, South Carolina, on that date. Afterwards, a committee of the congregation asked Wightman for a copy of his text for publication, and this is what he gave them. It is a very frank and almost extreme exposition of the "slavery as a positive good ...
Here, Wightman demonstrates the opinion held by many proslavery Christians that they were the chosen people of God and as such had a right and a duty to defend what had been entrusted to them. The quote also exposes how proslavery Christians used established beliefs about the inferiority and wretchedness of African peoples to justify
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Wightman, John T. Publication date. 1871. Topics. United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865. Publisher. Portland, Me., Printed by B. Thurston & Company. Collection. library_of_congress; civilwardocuments; americana. Contributor. The Library of Congress. Language. English. 15 p. 23 cm. Addeddate. 2008-06-25 14:33:49. Call number. 9750723.
Rev John T Wightman Birth 9 Sep 1825. Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA Death 3 Mar 1915 (aged 89) Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA Burial.
A Sunday School Officered and taught by Colored People during the pastorate of Rev. John T. Wightman in 1863, Two Years before Emancipation took effect in Charleston, S. C. PREPARED BY JAMES H. HOLLOWAY. MAY 12TH, 1909. PRICE 15 CENTS. WHY I AM A METHODIST.
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Methodist Rev. John T. Wightman, preaching at Yorkville, South Carolina: "The triumphs of Christianity rest this very hour upon slavery; and slavery depends on the triumphs of the South . . . This war is the servant of slavery."
