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Slavery Withholds The Bible

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Parent Issue
Day
3
Month
November
Year
1841
Copyright
Public Domain
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it any uociy oispuies mis. reau me 101lovving, not frotn a fanática! abolition paper,but from a paper published in the vcry hotbod of slavery and a violent advocate of that accursed sys'.em. Can that msiitution be sanctioned by the Bible which requires that book to be suppressed, lest it should be overthrovvn by it ? Morning Star. "August 9, 1841. Chaney B. Black was brought before Recorder Baldwin, charged with tampering with slaves. It was proved that he was seen conversing wilh a numberof them in the street - that he asked them if they could read nnd' vvrite, and if ihey would like a Bible' - This was the amount of evidence against him. In palliation of his conduct it was shown that he was regularly appoin!ed a"gent of the Bible Sociely, N. Orleans, to deslribute the Bible to such as would accept it. The Sociely, however, disclairaed having the mostdistant intenlion of giving the Scriptures to slaves, and said that Black had exceeded hia commision in offering it. But as it nppeared to be a misunderstanding on his part, and not intentional interfererence with thegeculiar institutio is, he was discharged with a