early antislavery tract "The Selling of Joseph"

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"The Selling of Joseph" is a 1700 pamphlet by Samuel Sewall that is considered one of the earliest anti-slavery publications in colonial New England, arguing against the moral and legal justifications for slavery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf antislavery tract ⓘ
pamphlet ⓘ
argumentType legal argument against slavery ⓘ
moral argument against slavery ⓘ
associatedWithMovement early antislavery movement in New England ⓘ
author Samuel Sewall ⓘ
authorOccupation judge ⓘ
authorReligion Puritan ⓘ
authorResidence Boston ⓘ
circulationArea Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Colonial New England ⓘ
criticizes legal justifications for slavery ⓘ
moral justifications for slavery ⓘ
racial slavery ⓘ
slave trading ⓘ
ethicalClaim all men have a natural right to liberty ⓘ
slavery is inconsistent with Christian charity ⓘ
format printed pamphlet ⓘ
genre political pamphlet ⓘ
religious pamphlet ⓘ
historicalSignificance early printed protest against African slavery in British North America ⓘ
one of the earliest antislavery publications in colonial New England ⓘ
influenced later antislavery thought in New England ⓘ
influencedBy Puritan theology ⓘ
intendedAudience Christian readers ⓘ
New England colonists ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length short tract ⓘ
mainSubject Christian ethics ⓘ
antislavery ⓘ
natural rights ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
opposesPractice African slave trade ⓘ
hereditary slavery ⓘ
placeOfPublication Boston ⓘ
positionOnSlavery opposes slavery ⓘ
publicationDate 1700 ⓘ
religiousBasis Bible ⓘ
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Bible
religiousContext Puritan New England ⓘ
supports equality of all people before God ⓘ
universal human liberty ⓘ
timePeriod 17th–18th century transition ⓘ
colonial America ⓘ
titleReference biblical story of Joseph ⓘ
usesSource biblical exegesis ⓘ
legal reasoning ⓘ

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Samuel Sewall → knownFor → early antislavery tract "The Selling of Joseph" ⓘ