Location
Evaluating the Culture Wars
Level of Education
Faculty
Keywords
Natural law, Declaration, Constitution, Image of God, slavery, liberty, rights
Presenter Names and Speeches.
Presenter: Johnny B. Davis
Moderator: Dr. Gai Ferdon
Abstract
The paper address the nature of the principles of the Declaration and the Declaration's relationship to the Constitution and how these related to slavery. The argument is that the Declaration did stand for universal equality of the individual before God and the law and therefore its principles condemned slavery. The Constitution did not embrace slavery even though it failed to ban slavery but did set the foundation for the end of slavery.
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The Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Slavery
Evaluating the Culture Wars
The paper address the nature of the principles of the Declaration and the Declaration's relationship to the Constitution and how these related to slavery. The argument is that the Declaration did stand for universal equality of the individual before God and the law and therefore its principles condemned slavery. The Constitution did not embrace slavery even though it failed to ban slavery but did set the foundation for the end of slavery.
