The United States of America was founded upon religious toleration, which was brought over by the Puritan society. Between the Puritan time period and the Fuller and Wayland period, there have been three forms of slaves used within the United States. The first form of slavery was the indigent servants system, people; mostly men would come over to America and work for seven years in exchange for several acres of land in which to live off of. The problem with this form of slavery was that most of the indigent servants never lived for the full seven years they needed to work. The settlers of early America then decided that Native Americans would be good way to solve the void of slaves in society after the indigent servant system failed. The major
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Francis Wayland of Providence, Rhode Island. In the opening argument of the second letter Dr. Wayland is addressing the rights of slaves and how slaves showed be treated equally in the eyes of all man. Wayland writes, “I have no more right to interfere with his intellectual or moral improvement than with that of any other man. He is in these respects as free as I am myself; and to interfere with him is both cruel and unjust” (24). From this passage, one can clearly tell that Wayland views slavery as morally wrong and no matter the circumstances, a society should not allow for slavery to take place within its culture. One could even argue that Wayland viewed slavery as a cause for holding back American society from becoming great. One could continue to argue, that as long as people are suppressing others within the confines of there own country, then the population will not be able to grow stronger and unite as one. Later on in the second letter Wayland writes:
In the first sense, moral evil depends upon the immutable relations which God has established between his moral creatures. In the second sense…it depends upon light…and may be different in different persons and at different times…We, at the North have considered too exclusively the first, and you, at the South as exclusively the second, of these meanings of the terms moral evil
Francis Wayland of Providence, Rhode Island. In the opening argument of the second letter Dr. Wayland is addressing the rights of slaves and how slaves showed be treated equally in the eyes of all man. Wayland writes, “I have no more right to interfere with his intellectual or moral improvement than with that of any other man. He is in these respects as free as I am myself; and to interfere with him is both cruel and unjust” (24). From this passage, one can clearly tell that Wayland views slavery as morally wrong and no matter the circumstances, a society should not allow for slavery to take place within its culture. One could even argue that Wayland viewed slavery as a cause for holding back American society from becoming great. One could continue to argue, that as long as people are suppressing others within the confines of there own country, then the population will not be able to grow stronger and unite as one. Later on in the second letter Wayland writes:
In the first sense, moral evil depends upon the immutable relations which God has established between his moral creatures. In the second sense…it depends upon light…and may be different in different persons and at different times…We, at the North have considered too exclusively the first, and you, at the South as exclusively the second, of these meanings of the terms moral evil