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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early antislavery tract "The Selling of Joseph" canonical 1

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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, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
circulationArea Massachusetts Bay Colony
countryOfOrigin New England Colonies
surface form: 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 Colonies
surface form: New England colonists
language English
length short tract
mainSubject Christian ethics
antislavery
natural rights
slavery
opposesPractice African slave trade
hereditary slavery
placeOfPublication Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
positionOnSlavery opposes slavery
publicationDate 1700
religiousBasis Bible
Bible
surface form: Old Testament
religiousContext New England Colonies
surface form: 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"