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"Slavery is According to Reason": The Mobberly Diaries, Part II, August 1823
Br. Joseph Mobberly offers a biblical justification of slavery and denies men are born free in the eyes of God. Continued in GSA144.
Proslavery oration by Rev. James Ryder, SJ, August 30, 1835
Rev. James Ryder, SJ, then a professor at Georgetown, gave this anti-abolitionist, proslavery speech in Richmond, Virginia, in 1835.
Ryder would go on to become president of Georgetown from 1840-1845 and again from 1848-1851. He founded…
Ryder would go on to become president of Georgetown from 1840-1845 and again from 1848-1851. He founded…