Introduction

  Taper and De Bow connect their views to the Bible, but the differences arise in the way they interpret the bible. For example, Americans believe that the bible is the standard of morality, the bible authorizes slavery, and it is right to hold slavery. On the other hand,   the Northern Christian view of slavery is that slavery is evil, and it should be abolished. It is true that the Bible (Old and New Testament) talks about the slavery, but differing views occurred during the Antebellum Period when the anti-slavery society believed that slavery was wrong whereas the Southern believed it was right. During the period of the Antebellum Period, white and black people in America used religious reasoning in understanding the slavery.

  In understanding the slavery and Christianity, Taper and De Bow have opposing views.   In his letter, Taper shows that the bible clearly states that those who hold slavery will be punished on the Day of Judgment. The problem with the proslavery argument is that people interpret the subject of slavery directly. Taper believes that the bible does not directly rely on the subject of slavery, but instead, people are called to follow the rules and principles. Even though Abraham considered his servant as property, he had no power over the slaves, but he adhered to the rules and principles directed by God. In other words, Abraham exercised rights and ensured relation between him and the slaves (Stampp, 332). Taper quotes the bible and says that those who deny the strangers their rights and those who do not fear the Lord will face the judgment.  The point he offers in relating slavery with the Bible is that freedom and liberty are important elements which should exist between the slaves and the owners since these elements allow slaves to enjoy the rights such as education (Stampp, 332). 

 On the other hand, before the civil war, the Southern believed that holding slavery was right and a justified act.  De bow argues that in the Old and New Testament, the Bible clearly states that slavery was allowed and people like Abraham owned many slaves, and   the slaved obeyed their masters.  In writing the bible, the sacred writes did not show that men were to be equal and for this reason, he believes that slavery was right (Stampp, 333).

Conclusion

An intensifying debate on slavery started back in 1831 during the Nat Turner's Rebellion.  The rebellion was established by a black American slave known as the Nat Turner, and the movement led to trepidation in the South where new oppressive legislation was created.  However, Black American was unable to conquer the whites since the American joined the militia and killed the black slaves. The differing views between Taper (a runway black slave) and De Bow (American publisher) were rooted from the 19th century when both Southern and Northern people created different religious reasoning about slavery.  Southern believed that black was inferior and slavery was right.

 

 

 

Work cited

Stampp, Kenneth M. Peculiar Institution; Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South. Vintage, 1989. Print.