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Slavery from biblical times until now

The image was taken from the seal of the
Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, founded 1787

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References:

1. William Lee Miller, "Arguing About Slavery: The Great Battle in the United States Congress." Alfred A. Knopf, (1996), Page 139.
2. "Interfaith Relations and the Churches," a Policy Statement of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. See: http://bruno.ncccusa.org/interfaith/ifr.html
3. Quotation from an interview of John Ashcroft by the Southern Partisan magazine, 1999. (Ashcroft was confirmed as U.S. Attorney General in 2001-FEB.) Quoted in "Echoes of slavery as Bush nominees back confederacy," The Guardian, at:  http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/bush/story/
4. Fiqh us-Sunnah, Volume 3, Number 67. This is a group of sayings attributed to Muhammad. They were collected by his followers shortly after his death.
5. Gary DeMar, "Does the Bible Support Slavery?," American Vision™, at: http://www.americanvision.org/
6. "A brief history of the American Civil War," at: http://www.factasy.com/
7. "A new film 'Amazing Grace' inspires a new abolitionist movement," National Council of Churches, 2007-JAN-26, at: http://www.ncccusa.org/
8. "Garrison’s Defense of His Positions," Teaching American History, at:  http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/