Social justice through the eyes of Wesley: John Wesley's theological challenge to slavery AUTH-12173481 ISBN13: 9781590302200

ISBN13: 9781590302200

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Social justice through the eyes of Wesley: John Wesley's theological challenge to slavery AUTH-12173481 ISBN13: 9781590302200European enslavement of Africans and the development of the slave trade began in the sixteenth century. As the New World opened up, the slave trade thrived and slave labour became a significant economic force. Slavery itself was seldom challenged on humanitarian or religious grounds in fact, evangelical leaders often used the Bible to justify slavery. In the late eighteenth century a notable exception emerged: John Wesley. Though little has been