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The Duty of Christian Charity to Slaves and Oppressed Peoples
A polemic sermon rejecting missionary zeal that ignores humanity, urging humane treatment and genuine religion for enslaved Africans. It argues against predatory conversion, calls for educating natives, and warns that forcing faith under coercion sustains cruelty and hypocrisy. The piece cites colonial attitudes and stresses charity as the true mark of Christianity.
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