84) Had the holding of slaves been a moral evil, it cannot be supposed that the inspired Apostles... would have tolerated it for a moment,
in the Christian Church. If they had done so on a principle of accommodation, in cases where the masters remained heathen, to avoid
offences and civil commotion; yet, surely, where both master and servant were Christian, as in the case before us, they would have
enforced the law of Christ, and required, that the master should liberate his slave in the first instance."
Reverend Richard Furman, 1823
This passage is MOST likely written from the point of view of
A) an abolitionist
B)(an industrialist.
C) a supporter of Lincoln.
D) a states rights supporter.