A debate, held in 1845 (i.e. before the war between the states), upon the question: is slave-holding in itself sinful, and is the relation between master and slave a sinful relation?

The publishers note that at that time there was "no subject... receiving a greater share of the attention of Christendom" and "none certainly involving more important consequences to our civil and ecclesiastical institutions."

Blanchard took the affirmative and Rice the negative.

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