Who Said That?

Who said that?

"Slavery as it existed in the South was not an adversarial relationship with pervasive racial animosity. Because of its dominantly patriarchal character, it was a relationship based upon mutual affection and confidence. . . . There has never been a multi-racial society which has existed with such mutual intimacy and harmony in the history of the world."

Please leave your guesses in the comments section below.  Please no google searches.  You must guess! 

Update on Monday, July 16, 2007 at 11:27AM by Kim Riddlebarger

This offensive screed can be found on page 24 of the "booklet" Southern Slavery As It Was, edited by Steve Wilkins and Doug Wilson.  Even if the distinction between race-based slavery as a sin and slavery as an institution can be sustained--and I am not sure it can be--the fact of the matter is that these sentiments are repugnant and Reformed Christians must repudiate them.

Southern slavery was race-based, and the subsequent failure of Reconstruction cannot be used to justify the supposed "idyllic" conditions of "Christian" antebellum south. 

Comments

[Tee]

Steve Wilkins

[Johnny T. Helms]

Al Sharpton

[carolyn]

Doug Wilson?

[JoeW]

Arnold Murray?

I'm assuming it's a theologian/pastor. If not I can think of a couple of historians that might qualify.

[JoeW]

D'oh..
I cheated and looked.
I missed this one by a mile.

[KBennett]

Doug Wilson and Steve Wilkins

[Dan]

Hodge

[Jeff Waddington]

James Henley Thornwell or Robert Lewis Dabney

[Scottie F.]

Stonewall Jackson !!

[Joe C.]

Robert L. Dabney

[matt holst]

I believe that was Jeffeson Davis (and I think Wilson quoted him approvingly).
Matt Holst

[robbro]

Wow. Thats troubling. I knew Wilson only from the recent Hitchens debate, and some FV research.

[zrim]

i was going to say doug wilson for kicks and grins. but then it seemed to me that, even though i like irony and smart-aleckness more than the next guy, it was sort of below the belt in a lack-of-integrity kind of way...you know, associating a slam-dunk majority morality distilled over time (read: "human slavery bad in every time and place and everyone who participated was dim, dumb and evil") with the rotten-ness of FV. i am no sympathizer with FV one whit, but such an association seems really transparent, fabricated and weak; FV should be taken to task on its own merits, not its associations to easy, contemporary moralities as if there is a natural link--that's like saying those who argue for reproductive rights are necessarily pro-slavery (are you listening, john piper?).

...still, that said, how about doug wilson? tee-hee.

zrim

[Dave]

Doug Wilson and Steve Wilkins.

[Douglas]

David Dukes?

[P. W. Clemens]

Tom Hansen?

[P. W. Clemens]

Geeze. I wasn't even close!

[Jackie]

Pope Doug Wilson - Moscow Idaho, on "Me, Myself, and God are One" juice....which he dips into on a regular basis.

[Scott]

Doug Wilson. I believe it's from a pamphlet he co-wrote with someone else.

[Tim]

DW, and not the nice girl on that wonderful PBS show, but in fact the viscious Douglas Wilson, Ah Southern Slavery as it Was. May I reccomend an even better read, Southern Slavery as it Wasn't written in response to Wilson's slavery craziness.