The sum of pro-slavery theology seems to be this: "Slavery is not universally right, nor yet universally wrong; it is better for some people to be slaves; and, in such cases, it is the will of God that they be such.
In notes for speeches, Lincoln summarizes the theological arguments used to justify slavery.
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