What Does Doug Wilson Believe?

Race & Slavery

Christian Slave Owners Were Not Obligated to Free Their Slaves

I believe this is possible to do in the light of redemptive gradualism, but this in turn means that not every Christian slave owner was bound to the duty of immediate manumission.

In Douglas Wilson’s own words: 1 quote from 2013, from Blog & Mablog, cited to the source.

I believe this is possible to do in the light of redemptive gradualism, but this in turn means that not every Christian slave owner was bound to the duty of immediate manumission. After all, how do we interpret the text that says that the Israelites could hold foreign slaves forever?

— Douglas Wilson, “A Final Wrap-Up: Thabiti Anyabwile and Douglas Wilson”, Blog & Mablog (dougwils.com), April 19, 2013 Source ↗