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In a word, if any kind of slavery can be vindicated by the Holy Scriptures, we are already sure our making and holding the Negroes our slaves, as we do, cannot be vindicated by any thing we can find there, but is condemned by the whole of divine revelation.
Samuel Hopkins
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"In a word, if any kind of slavery can be vindicated by the Holy Scriptures, we are already sure our making and holding the Negroes our slaves, as we do, cannot be vindicated by any thing we can find there, but is condemned by the whole of divine revelation."
— Samuel Hopkins

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In a word, if any kind of slavery can be vindicated by the Holy Scriptures, we are already sure our making and holding the Negroes our slaves, as we do, cannot be vindicated by any thing we can find there, but is condemned by the whole of divine revelation. — Samuel Hopkins

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Samuel Hopkins was a Clergyman from United States (1753–1819).

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Who said "In a word, if any kind of slavery can be vindicated by the Holy Scriptures, we…"?
This quote is attributed to Samuel Hopkins, a Clergyman from United States.
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Samuel Hopkins lived from 1753 – 1819.