A Defence of Virginia, and through Her, of the South, in Recent and Pending Contests against the Sectional Party

by Robert Lewis Dabney

Publisher:

E. J. Hale & Son

, 1867

Overview

The 13th amendment to the Constitution, officially abolishing slavery in the United States of America, was passed in December of 1865 after over two centuries of slavery in this young country. Two years later, Dabney published A Defence of Virginia, a litigious document expressing the other viewpoint to a subject so intensely dividing that it sparked the American Civil War. Exposing an opposing view of Abraham Lincoln’s idea that slavery is wrong, this book shows a theologian’s earnest belief, based on his biblical studies, that slavery is condoned by God. Although the debate itself is now antiquated, the book is a fascinating and historically important resource.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Reynal estimates the whole number of negroes stolen from Africa before 1776 at nine millions; Bancroft at something more than six millions.” (Page 29)

“commerce between those colonies and the West Indies. Each of the mother” (Page 36)

Product Details

• Title: A Defence of Virginia, and through Her, of the South, in Recent and Pending Contests against the Sectional Party
• Author: Robert Lewis Dabney
• Publisher: E. J. Hale & Son
• Print Publication Date: 1867
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Slavery › Justification; Slavery › United States--History; Slavery › Virginia; Slavery › United States
• Resource ID: LLS:DEFNCEVIRGNIA
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T18:23:49Z

About Robert Lewis Dabney

Robert Lewis Dabney (March 5, 1820–January 3, 1898) was an American Christian theologian, a Southern Presbyterian pastor, and Confederate Army chaplain. He was also chief of staff and biographer to Stonewall Jackson. His biography of Jackson remains in print today. Dabney and James Henley Thornwell were two of Southern Presbyterianism’s most influential scholars. They were both Calvinist, Old School Presbyterians, and social conservatives.