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Last updated on November 9, 2024.
Richard Furman

Richard Furman was a Baptist leader from Charleston, South Carolina, United States. He was elected in 1814 as the first president of the Triennial Convention, the first nationwide Baptist association. Later he was the first president of the South Carolina State Baptist Convention.

October 9, 1755 - August 25, 1825
...the right of holding slaves is clearly established in the Holy Scriptures, both by precept and example... Had the holding of slaves been a moral evil, it cannot be supposed that the inspired Apostles ... would have tolerated it for a moment in the Christian Church. In proving this subject justifiable by Scriptural authority [Luke 12:47], its morality is also proved; for the Divine Law never sanctions immoral actions.
The right of holding slaves is clearly established in the Holy Scriptures, both by precept and example. — © Richard Furman
The right of holding slaves is clearly established in the Holy Scriptures, both by precept and example.
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