Sentences with phrase «sympathetic slave owner»

Fans of Cumberbatch got another chance to spot their hero, who plays a sympathetic slave owner in the film.

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For example, Moses Stuart of Andover Seminary in Massachusetts (who was sympathetic to the eventual emancipation of American slaves, but was against abolition), published a tract in which he pointed to Ephesians 6 and other biblical texts to argue that while slaves should be treated fairly by their owners, abolitionists just didn't have Scripture on their side and «must give up the New Testament authority, or abandon the fiery course which they are pursuing.»

Analysts also say that William Ford, the slave owner played by Benedict Cumberbatch (who has slavery issues in the family closet), has also been rendered less sympathetic on screen than he was in the book.

After that it's a clash of wills and a study in resilience, with the filmmakers careful to balance the sadistic slave owners with more sympathetic ones.