LESSON I.—Relation of guardian and ward a Divine institution, 83 to 85.
LESSON II.—Slavery a Divine institution, and the reason why, 85 to 88.
LESSON III.—Slavery the school of adversity to reclaim wicked nations
and individuals—Scripture proofs, 89 to 91.
LESSON IV.—Albert Barnes on the slavery of the Israelites in Egypt
refuted, 92 to 96; his attempt by human reason to determine the will
of God, 97 to 99.
LESSON V.—Barnes’s examination of the Scripture argument on slavery, and
the scriptural account of slavery in the days of Abraham,
contrasted, 99 to 109.
LESSON VI.—The smiles of God on the institution of slavery proved from
the argument of Barnes against it, 110; ratio of slaves to whites,
and the relative increase in the United States, 111, 112.
LESSON VII.—The interest of the master and the direct laws of God
against the abuses of slavery coincident, 113, 114; Barnes’s cure
for slavery, 115.
LESSON VIII.—Barnes’s denial that Christ ever came in contact with
slavery compared with scriptural assertions, 116 to 119.
LESSON IX.—The admission of Barnes in regard to slaves escaping to the
Hebrew country, 119; his assertion, that the Hebrews were not a
nation of slaveholders, overthrown by Scripture testimony, 120, 121.
LESSON X.—Distribution by the Hebrews of captives taken in battle, 122,
123; Greek custom in regard to captives made in war, 124;
proof-texts from the Bible, 125.
LESSON XI.—The claim of Barnes to identity with the African race, 126;
his views on Paul’s injunction to sympathize with those in bonds
controverted, 127, 128.
LESSON XII.—Legend of Antioch, Margarita, and the Roman Præfect Olybius,
128 to 133; song of the slaves, 131, 132; letter of Olybius to the
Emperor Probus, manufactured from the language of Mr. Barnes, 133 to
135.
LESSON #XIII.—Barnes’s admissions of the existence of Hebrew and Roman
slavery, 136, 137.
LESSON XIV.—The denial of Barnes that slavery cannot be defended by
Bible arguments, 138; its influence on agriculture, commerce, arts,
and the African slave himself considered, _idem_; Sedgjo, the
African slave in Louisiana, 139, 140; the Periplus of Hanno, 140,
141; the testimony of the Landers on the depravity of native
Africans, 142 to 144; the Landers made slaves, 145; various
historical authorities on African and Moorish slavery, 145 to 155.
LESSON XV.—Authorities to prove African degradation continued, 155 to
158; slavery subservient to the religious conversion of African
slaves, 159, 160.
LESSON XVI.—Paul’s exhortations to slaves considered, 161, 162; God’s
sentence of four hundred years of slavery upon the Hebrews, 163.
LESSON XVII.—The assertion of Barnes, that a slave bought with money had
compensation commanded to be paid him by Scripture, controverted,
163, 164; Barnes’s declaration of the cunning of the Apostles in not
condemning slavery, 165, 166.
LESSON XVIII.—Argument that the injunctions of the Bible upon God’s
ancient people are in force and equally binding upon Christians now,
(Christians are the heirs of Abraham,) 160 to 169.
LESSON XIX.—Authorities quoted by Barnes, 169; numerous quotations from
Barnes on slavery, 170 to 174.
LESSON XX.—Wayland’s assertion, that, if the New Testament authorized
slavery, it would be the greatest of curses, adopted by Barnes, 174
to 176.