On what motivated William Wilberforce

24th Sep 2021 - 53 secs

Alister McGrath describes the clash of values involved in abolition.

On what motivated William Wilberforce

24th Sep 2021 - 53 secs

Alister McGrath describes the clash of values involved in abolition.

On what the law is for

7th Sep 2021 - 1 min

Iain Provan encourages reading the Old Testament well - including what it says about slavery.

On what the law is for

7th Sep 2021 - 1 min

Iain Provan encourages reading the Old Testament well - including what it says about slavery.

On whether the Bible sanctions slavery

7th Sep 2021 - 1 min

Iain Provan considers the content, and the nature, of law - as well as something greater.

On whether the Bible sanctions slavery

7th Sep 2021 - 1 min

Iain Provan considers the content, and the nature, of law - as well as something greater.

On the first abolitionist sermon

22nd Jun 2021 - 4 mins

David Bentley Hart sketches the story of Christians opposing slavery - as well as their failure to....

On the first abolitionist sermon

22nd Jun 2021 - 4 mins

David Bentley Hart sketches the story of Christians opposing slavery - as well as their failure to....

On the anti-slavery imagination

17th Jun 2021 - 48 secs

Albert J. Raboteau sums up the contribution of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

On the anti-slavery imagination

17th Jun 2021 - 48 secs

Albert J. Raboteau sums up the contribution of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

On the Great Awakenings

17th Jun 2021 - 2 mins

Albert J. Raboteau describes the significance of two religious revivals - for blacks and for whites.

On the Great Awakenings

17th Jun 2021 - 2 mins

Albert J. Raboteau describes the significance of two religious revivals - for blacks and for whites.

On literacy as freedom

17th Jun 2021 - 1 min

Albert J. Raboteau recounts the story of a group of former slave children.

On literacy as freedom

17th Jun 2021 - 1 min

Albert J. Raboteau recounts the story of a group of former slave children.

On the Quakers

17th Jun 2021 - 39 secs

Albert J. Raboteau acknowledges some of the earliest opponents of American slavery.

On the Quakers

17th Jun 2021 - 39 secs

Albert J. Raboteau acknowledges some of the earliest opponents of American slavery.

On slave spirituals

17th Jun 2021 - 1 min

Albert J. Raboteau explains the significance of of a communal practice.

On slave spirituals

17th Jun 2021 - 1 min

Albert J. Raboteau explains the significance of of a communal practice.

On who ain’t going to heaven

17th Jun 2021 - 39 secs

Albert J. Raboteau says that belief in an afterlife gave slaves a weapon against their oppressors.

On who ain’t going to heaven

17th Jun 2021 - 39 secs

Albert J. Raboteau says that belief in an afterlife gave slaves a weapon against their oppressors.

On the hope of slaves

17th Jun 2021 - 1 min

Albert J. Raboteau explains what Christianity had to offer in a very bleak situation.

On the hope of slaves

17th Jun 2021 - 1 min

Albert J. Raboteau explains what Christianity had to offer in a very bleak situation.

On self-contradiction

17th Jun 2021 - 57 secs

Albert J. Raboteau unpacks the anti-slavery logic of Frederick Douglass and other abolitionists.

On self-contradiction

17th Jun 2021 - 57 secs

Albert J. Raboteau unpacks the anti-slavery logic of Frederick Douglass and other abolitionists.

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On what motivated William Wilberforce

On what motivated William Wilberforce

On what the law is for

On what the law is for

On whether the Bible sanctions slavery

On whether the Bible sanctions slavery

On the first abolitionist sermon

On the first abolitionist sermon

On the anti-slavery imagination

On the anti-slavery imagination

On the Great Awakenings

On the Great Awakenings

On literacy as freedom

On literacy as freedom

On the Quakers

On the Quakers

On slave spirituals

On slave spirituals

On who ain’t going to heaven

On who ain’t going to heaven

On the hope of slaves

On the hope of slaves

On self-contradiction

On self-contradiction