Twenty years ago Martin Luther King stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, and before the largest crowd of witnesses for America that Washington had ever seen he talked about his dream — «a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.» (religion-online.org)
But since the Bible speaks of punishment for slaveowners who seriously injure a slave, including punishment for the owner AND freedom for the slave, I'll guess you haven't given any serious time to reading the Bible of which we speak. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
He was a tailor by trade, but requests from slaveowners to sew clothing for slaves caused Woolman to ask for «time to consider the proposal [and] pray in silence, seeking a resolution true to his principles»» a resolution that would balance his dual concern for the slave's comfort and the master's spiritual fate. (firstthings.com)