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Natural rights were proposed by the Church before the Magna Carta and the Magna Carta reflects these natural rights.
I never said you need to believe in God to accept natural rights.
At the time of abolition the rationalists didn't have enough political clout by themselves. Christians also argued these natural rights using the scriptures.
Quoting: newtome They tried to, but they were met with opposition by other Christians that said the Bible condoned slavery. Having read the Bible, it does in fact condone slavery, and no where is it condemned. This isn't a problem for me, because we should not use the Bible as a basis for law, which is the point of separating church and state. Yep, and if some Christians weren't arguing against slavery it would have taken even longer for its abolition so their contribution was invaluable. Sure, they helped. Christians were also arguing for slavery, as they had been for nearly 2000 years. Other western countries were already beginning to abolish slavery in the decades prior to America doing so. Yes they were and Christians were fighting that fight basically on their own. Remember that the Pope also made a proclamation against slavery as I posted before. My phone isn't liking posting for some reason
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