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#30 Joshua Bowen - How the Bible Supports Slavery

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The Role of Moral Restraint in Slavery

LZ Granderson: Slavery in the American South was different from polygamy. He says slave owners had to provide for their slaves or they would go free. LZ: Laws were very clear that abuse could not be more than moderate physical correction. If you murdered a slave, he says, it was essentially as if you killed a free white person.

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