The leading southern Baptist theologian felt no moral qualm about owning slaves

Evidence

When challenged about the right of whites to own and sell African Americans as slaves during one of these exchanges, Manly delivered a vivid declaration of his unencumbered conscience, declaring, “I had no more doubt or compunction than in pocketing the price of a horse or anything else that belonged to me.” — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 105

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Southern Baptist Convention was founded specifically to defend slaveholding Christianity. — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 17; Religious conversion made slaveholders more cruel, not less — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 246; A theologian read slave-making ants as nature sanctioning slavery — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 238 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Racist theological ideas sanctioned and made American slavery acceptable to Christian churches #exemplifies (0.95) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 20
• Believing Africans lacked souls let slavery coexist with Christian morality #corroborates (0.80) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 222
• Abolitionism and proslavery theology shared a paternalist denial of Black self-determination #complicates (0.80) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 220
• Theological blessing of slavery severed slaveholders’ natural moral impulses #expands (0.75) — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 251
• Slavery was rationalized as punishment for sin and barbarism, not race #qualifies (0.75) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 77