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Spent my sabbath morning returning to @benjamingwright’s powerful, and quite relevant, BONDS OF SALVATION: HOW CHRISTIANITY INSPIRED AND LIMITED AMERICAN ABOLITIONISM, to resurrect my #ReviewThread series.
Note: capitalized words are categories. /1
Note: capitalized words are categories. /1
SUMMARY: from the beginning, most American Christians could be categorized in two camps: conversionists, or those who believed spreading salvation was too priority, and purificationists, or those who believed abolition would purify the nation. /2
During the revolutionary era, there was genuine hope that slavery could be abolished, and Wright highlights these early purificationist voices. However, most came to see missionary work and national salvation as the more pressing need, so they distanced from abolition. /3
