A DEFENCE OF VIRGINIA,

[AND THROUGH HER, OF THE SOUTH,]

IN

RECENT AND PENDING CONTESTS AGAINSTTHE SECTIONAL PARTY.

BY

PROF. ROBERT L. DABNEY, D.D.,

OF VIRGINIA,
LATE OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.

NEW YORK:
E. J. HALE & SON, 16 MURRAY STREET.
1867.


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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867,

By E. J. HALE & SON,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the SouthernDistrict of New York.


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CONTENTS.


CHAPTER I.
Introductory9
CHAPTER II.
The African Slave Trade27
CHAPTER III.
Legal Status of Slavery in the United States61
CHAPTER IV.
History of Emancipation79
CHAPTER V.
The Old Testament Argument94
The Curse upon Canaan101
Abraham a Slaveholder104
Hagar Remanded to Slavery by God110
Slavery in the Laws of Moses114
Slavery in the Decalogue122
Objections to the Old Testament Argument1244
CHAPTER VI.
The New Testament Argument146
Definition of Δουλος146
Slavery often mentioned; yet not condemned149
Christ Applauds a Slaveholder153
The Apostles Separate Slavery and its Abuses155
Slavery no Essential Religious Evil...

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