Sentences with phrase «abolition of slavery»

And we have tried, often succeeding such as in the cas of abolition of slavery, to do far more good.
That's been true of a lot of issues from abolition of slavery to establishment of the minimum wage to paid sick leave.»
With slavery, at least in the US the Fourteenth Amendment explicitly said that abolition of slavery didn't give any right to compensation.
OK, but certainly they were instrumental in the final abolition of slavery... oh, the conservatives fought FOR slavery?
By 1825 it became evident to the British reformers that only immediate abolition of slavery, by law, would extirpate the evil.
Kushner and Spielberg largely refrain from showing the famous speeches and give us the political schemer, the persuader, the teller of bawdy barnyard stories, the gentle father and husband, and the fiercely insistent leader who will not accept a Confederate surrender without the absolute abolition of slavery.
In congressional debates in 1790 about the possible abolition of slavery, Georgia representative James Jackson attacked the abolitionist Quakers as «outright lunatics» [p. 97] and went on to say, «If it were a crime, as some assert but which I deny, the British nation is answerable for it, and not the present inhabitants, who now hold that species of property in question» [p. 98].
Recognized for initiating the modernization of Siam through the introduction of administrative reforms, peaceful abolition of slavery and the development of the country's public infrastructure by drawing on European expertise and technical know - how, King Chulalongkorn (1853 - 1910) is regarded as one of the greatest kings of Siam.
Rather, he was slowly winning everybody to his side on the matter of abolition of slavery.
As such, much more commentary comes into play regarding her views on race, and in tying her story together with the possibility of having a hand in the eventual abolition of slavery, it give this story a great reverent appeal.
I have often compared the struggle for homosexual emancipation to the abolition of slavery.
My response to «An inconvenient truth» was with regard to his assertion regarding prayer being responsible for the abolition of slavery.
That humanism is a great and fragile achievement, the result of a long, bloody, and tortuous process that reaches from the end of slaughter of virgins in appeasement of vengeful gods to the abolition of slavery to the recognition of Auschwitz and the Gulag Archipelago as icons of the evil of which human beings are capable.
The Supreme Court's ruling in the case, made famous by the Steven Spielberg film, Amistad, was an important milestone in the abolition of slavery.
Cobb, for instance, has to affirm Whitehead's position that the abolition of slavery in the Roman Empire might well have been too high a price to pay.
But if this thinking were applied to slaves, who are mentioned in the very same verse, then Christians could not appeal to Galatians 3:28 for the abolition of slavery.
These men and women have fought for the abolition of slavery (Wilberforce), established orphanages for abandoned children (Mueller), advanced civil rights for racial minorities (King), fought against HIV / AIDS (Koop), provided human touch, restored dignity, and shelter for the poor (Mother Teresa), created places of belonging and contribution for people with disabilities and special needs (Tada), and fought against the sex trade and human trafficking (Caine).
Hospitals, The Red Cross, BoyScouts, Public Education, Abolition of Slavery, The Civil Rights Movement, the YMCA and on and on and on and on and on.
It implies the rejection of civil rights for blacks, votes for women, the abolition of slavery, the abolition of property requirements for voting; it implies the rejection of the whole historical march against arbitrary difference and power.
«The abolition of slavery in the Civil War at this time, [was] almost all led by religious movements — Christian movements — that were trumping the ideals that everyone else had.
Strong feelings also attend the scholarly debate over the role of Christianity in the abolition of slavery.
The abolition of slavery happened 150 years ago.
Either A. God doesn't have the foresight to anticipate the abolition of slavery and murdering of children or B.
Both can be observed in the Bible, but the message of Christ becomes becomes the driving force for the abolition of slavery and segregation.
It also contributed to the abolition of slavery, to a belated and partial humanization of policies toward Native Americans, and to the more balanced approach to capital and labor of the New Deal.
«When I turn my thoughts upon the world there are but three things there which deeply interest me: the state of the church — the religious progress of the king — and the abolition of slavery
In fact, social conservatives in the USA, led by Christian conservatives, have fought or disagreed with religious diversity, religious equality, abolition of slavery, Suffrage, desegregation, integrating the armed forces, Brown v Board of Education, mixed race marriages, respect and equality for Jews (not in MY country club!)
Citing examples of Christian mothers who were instrumental in the abolition of slavery and the passage of laws against child labor, she makes a strong case that virtues such as compassion and creativity that are «refined in the practice of motherhood can and should be used in other arenas to bring God's love, peace, mercy and justice to the world.»
Bullsh!t, helpful, the abolition of slavery was a direct result of Honest Abe signing a pieve of paper... unless you posit that they prayed for Lincoln to be born, in which case, double bullsh!t.
I'm led to believe that a big influence on the abolition of slavery was with people making friend with slave owners and effecting change through their relationships, to the disapproval of abolitionists.
The belief that every single person is precious in God's sight has inspired some Christians to work for social changes such as the abolition of slavery, an end to the exploitation of factory workers, the removal of racial discrimination and apartheid, and the prevention of cruelty to and the sexual abuse of women and children.
We are all still sorting out the profound moral lessons of the civil rights movement (and even, in some ways, of the abolition of slavery).
The abolition of slavery is demanded by biblical principles.
Although Christians might become social workers, that is not the vocation of most of us and the Church is not a Non-Governmental Organisation or NGO pushing through drastic social change, though again Christians have introduced radical social change, everything from the abolition of slavery to the promotion of education.
(I think of John Wycliffe, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Sojourner Truth, and Martin Luther King Jr.,) In fact, some of the greatest accomplishments in history, such as the abolition of slavery, resulted from counter-cultural action from the Church.
Using additional criteria, (which we will discuss later), Webb asserts that the redemptive movement of Scripture supports the abolition of slavery, a more egalitarian approach to women's roles in society, and the continued condemnation of homosexual behavhior.
But when it comes to more basic values such as religous freedom and the abolition of slavery, Hutchens's argument isn't as cogent.
Indeed, the modern concern for basic human rights, for the abolition of slavery, for the liberation of women from male domination, for the eradication of racism, for the realisation of international peace are a few examples of today's conscientious concerns.
Of course, this was not the first attack on racism, but it was the one that forced the attention of the entire nation, and especially of the churches, to a topic they had marginalized since the abolition of slavery.
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