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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05987.41 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides |
| Title | Christianity and slavery, by Rev. A. W. Miller, Petersburg, Virginia. |
| Date | ca. 1864 |
| Author | Miller, Arnold W. (1822-1892) |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Written by A. W. Miller (possibly by the Rev. Arnold W. Miller, though most of Arnold Miller's sermons and writings were published in South Carolina). Justifies slavery through Christianity: "Thus, the relation of slavery will ever continue in the world, rendered perpetual by Christianity, because it points to Christ, who took upon Him the form of a slave... The Christianity of the Old Testament did not condemn it, neither does the Christianity of the New." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America African American History Slavery Christianity Religion |
| People | Miller, Arnold W. (1822-1892) |
| Place written | Petersburg, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Religion; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |