Disambiguation evidence for early antislavery tract "The Selling of Joseph" via surface form

"The Selling of Joseph"


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