The Way Slavery Was Abolished Was Worse Than Slavery Itself
But who cannot but lament the damage to both white and black that has occurred as a consequence of the way it was abolished?
In Douglas Wilson’s own words: 2 quotes from 1996 to 2025, from Southern Slavery: As It Was and The Young Turks, each cited to the source.
None need lament the passing of slavery. But who cannot but lament the damage to both white and black that has occurred as a consequence of the way it was abolished? We are forced to say that, in many ways, the remedy which has been applied has been far worse than the disease ever was. The issue of slavery was used to provoke a revolution in 1861. That revolution has continued to this day, and slavery has increased in our land as a result.
I do believe that the Bible back then is authoritative and we should implement it today. But that doesn't mean that we're asking for a redo at Gettysburg. What it means is if you inherit a slaveowning system, you should eradicate it the biblical way and not the bloody way that we did.