A DEFENCE OF VIRGINIA, [AND THROUGH HER, OF THE SOUTH,] IN RECENT AND PENDING CONTESTS AGAINST THE SECTIONAL PARTY. BY PROF. ROBERT L. DABNEY, D.D., OF VIRGINIA, LATE OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. NEW YORK: E. J. HALE & SON, 16 MURRAY STREET. 1867. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, BY E. J. HALE & SON, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY 9 CHAPTER II. THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE 27 CHAPTER III. LEGAL STATUS OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES 61 CHAPTER IV. HISTORY OF EMANCIPATION 79 CHAPTER V. THE OLD TESTAMENT ARGUMENT 94 The Curse upon Canaan 101 Abraham a Slaveholder 104 Hagar Remanded to Slavery by God 110 Slavery in the Laws of Moses 114 Slavery in the Decalogue 122 Objections to the Old Testament Argument 124 CHAPTER VI. THE NEW TESTAMENT ARGUMENT 146 Definition of Δουλος 146 Slavery often mentioned; yet not condemned 149 Christ Applauds a Slaveholder 153 The Apostles Separate Slavery and its Abuses 155 Slavery no Essential Religious Evil 158 Slaveholders fully Admitted to Church-membership 161 Relative Duties of Masters and Slaves Recognized 167 Philemon and Onesimus 176 St. Paul Reprobates Abolitionists 185 The Golden Rule Compatible with Slavery 192 Was Christ Afraid to Condemn Slavery? 198 CHAPTER VII. THE ETHICAL ARGUMENT 209 Misrepresentations Cleared 213 The Rights of Man and Slavery 241 Abolitionism is Jacobinism 262 Labour of Another may be Property 271 The Slave Received due Wages 273 Effects of Slavery on Moral Character 276 Slavery and the African Slave Trade 288 The Morality of Slavery Vindicated by its Results 293