The Selling of Joseph: A Memorial – Flashcards
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Indentured
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Referring to a state of debt bondage, in which a person is given passage to a new location, clothing, food, lodging, and job-training, in return for which the person works as a servant without pay for a certain number of years, after which the person goes free.
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Inviolable
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Safe from being changed or violated; often a synonym for sacred.
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Body politic
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The people of a community, nation, or other organized entity.
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Disparity
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A significant difference or inequality between people, groups of people, things or ideas.
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Which best describes e historical importance of Samuel Sewall's "The Selling of Joseph: A Memorial"?
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NOT as one of the most radical abolitionist documents of its day, it led to the immediate emancipation of countless slaves.
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With which Biblical arguments would Sewall agree?
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African slaves were descended from Adam and Eve. Israelites were expressly forbidden from buying and selling slaves. The enslave,net of Joseph was illegal and immoral.
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Why did Samuel Sewall wrote "The Selling of Joseph:A Memorial"?
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To refute the claims of proponents of slavery.
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On Page 5 of the pamphlet, Sewall writes, "What louder cry can there be made of that celebrated warning, caveat emptor! What is the effect of the Alain phrase, "caveat emptor'?
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It's a warning of the dire punishment awaiting those who buy slaves.
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With which statement would Sewall agree?
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Negroes are very different from whites. Indentured servitude is preferable to slavery. Slaves were ill equipped to handle freedom. The moral principles of the bible are dramatically opposed to slavery.
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What does ingenuous mean in this paragraph?
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Sincere
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Which word helps most in determining the meaning of ingenuous?
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Benign
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"Christians should carry it to all the world, as the Israelites were to carry it towards one another." Which word could replace "it" without changing the meaning of the excerpt?
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Love
