PointyHaired Calvinist
Puritan Board Junior
“Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.”
Deuteronomy 23:15-16 KJV
“You shall not give up to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you. He shall dwell with you, in your midst, in the place that he shall choose within one of your towns, wherever it suits him. You shall not wrong him.”
ESV
Did any Reformed theologians discuss this when the Fugitive Slave Law was passed in 1850? This law seems clearly in direct conflict with the scripture above. Did pro slavery advocates pick out the word “servant” and say it didn’t mean slave?
Deuteronomy 23:15-16 KJV
“You shall not give up to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you. He shall dwell with you, in your midst, in the place that he shall choose within one of your towns, wherever it suits him. You shall not wrong him.”
ESV
Did any Reformed theologians discuss this when the Fugitive Slave Law was passed in 1850? This law seems clearly in direct conflict with the scripture above. Did pro slavery advocates pick out the word “servant” and say it didn’t mean slave?