<snip> > Regarding the arguments against slavery, Jack Rakove has a thoughtful essay in Jan Ellis Lewis and Peter S. Onuf, eds. _Sally Hemings & Thomas Jefferson: History, Memory, and Civic Culture (Univ Press of Va 1999) in which he links the rise of the argument against slavery on moral and religious grounds to the 19th-century evangelicals - pp. 228 ff. are especially pertinent to the question of 21st-century perspectives and our "judgment" of past generations. ______ Very thoughtful and informative posting, thank you. Does anyone on list have info as to when the Quakers decided that their religion supported an anti-slavery position? I seem to remember that there was a decision but I don't know if it came all at once or spread gradually from one locale to another. Do their meeting records deal with any church actions taken against members for owning or trading in slaves? John Shroeder _________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html