Founders who ordered slaves beaten were falsely claimed to abhor all violence.

Evidence

Although Mohler notes that both Boyce and Broadus served as chaplains for the Confederate army, he also defends them as “consummate Christian gentlemen, given the culture of their day.” He also makes the outlandish assertion that each of these men “would have been horrified, I am certain, by any act of violence against any person.” This is plainly false, since the Manlys were known to have theologically defended, tolerated, and on occasion ordered their slaves be beaten. — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 175

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘culture of their day’ defense is the moral relativism that other sources on institutional complicity also flag; connects to critique of historicizing away moral responsibility. — connects to: Extreme racial violence served to absolve white Americans of slavery’s founding sin — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 160

Broader Connections

• Extreme racial violence served to absolve white Americans of slavery’s founding sin #corroborates (0.75) — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 160