...sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy and of their families that are with you which they begat in your land, and they shall be your possession; and ye shall...you to inherit them for a possession. They shall be your bondmen forever. Slaveholders saw the Africans whom they enslaved as "the heathens" who surrounded...

...shalt have shall be of the heathen that are around you; of them ye shall buy bond-men and bond-maids; and ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you; they shall be your bond-men forever." Blushing hotly, I looked up at Gran. She shook her head. "Aloud,...

...among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they beget in your Land, and they shall be your Possession; and ye shall...you, to Inherit them for a Possession; they shall be your Bond Men forever." — This Permission to Possess and Inherit Bond-men we have Reason to believe,...

...justification of slavery. From the Old Testament, Fuller quoted the scriptures regarding bondsmen, "And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them as a possession; they shall be your bondsmen forever." He pointed out that in the gospel and the epistles,...

...among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall...you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another...

...have, shall be of the heathen that are around about you: of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your...you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen forever" (Lev. 25:44, 46). Joshua mandated that the Gibeonites become "bearers of wood...

...children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them ye shall buy, and of their families . . .; and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children . . .; they shall be your bondmen forever: but over your brethren with the children of Israel, ye shall...

...sojourn among you of them shall ye buy, and of their Families that are with you, which they beget in your Land, and they shall be your Possession, and ye shall...you, to inherit them for a Possession; they shall be your Bond-men forever." This Permission to possess and inherit Bond Servants, we have Reason to conclude,...

...you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall...you, to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen for ever.18 In Thompson's eyes, any practice so clearly and positively sanctioned by God...

...sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in our land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall...you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever." In America, slavery was defended economically, socially, and religiously. The...