Letter, 1820 March 27.

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Letter, 1820 March 27.

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Letter to Rufus King, U.S. Senator from New York. Jarvis, at King's request, pens a striking condemnation of pro-slavery religious thought, glad to "undertake the refutation of that sophistry which seeks to pervert the Scriptures of the God of Justice and mercy into a buttress for the rotten fabric of Slavery." He lashes out at the "moral insensibility" of a recent pro-slavery article by Charles C. Pinckney and a biblical defense of slavery published in the "Richmond Enquirer". "The whole train of St. Paul's arguments...was intended to shew that it was the Eternal purpose of God to put all nations on the level of Equal privileges through faith in Jesus Christ. Slavery, in the proper sense of the term, was abolished by God as it respected the Jewish Nation. No Israelite could be in bondage more than six years.... ...and even in that case he became free at the Jubilee." Jarvis thinks "to answer the false doctrines [of the Enquirer] would require no Herculean intellect," but seeks King's advice as to whether the effort would be "of any avail" and if so how should he do it.

3 pages.

American Periodical Series I

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King, Rufus, 1755-1827

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Rufus King (March 24, 1755 – April 29, 1827) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was a delegate for Massachusetts to the Continental Congress and the Philadelphia Convention and was one of the signers of the United States Constitution in 1787. After formation of the new Congress he represented New York in the United States Senate. He emerged as a leading member of the Federalist Party, serving as the party's last presidential nominee in the 1816 presidential election. The son...

Jarvis, Samuel F. (Samuel Farmar), 1786-1851

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Samuel Farmar Jarvis (1786-1851) was an Episcopal clergyman. From the description of Samuel F. Jarvis papers, 1732-1849. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122615869 From the guide to the Samuel F. Jarvis papers, 1732-1849, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Clergyman, historian, and collector. From the description of Letter of Samuel F. Jarvis, 1813. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423664 Protestant Episcopal clergym...