Based on the two documents, what role did religion/morality play in the debate over slavery? Do these religious/moral arguments impact racial discussions today? If so, how?

This assignment, worth 50 points, is designed to assess your critical thinking skills. It consists of reading two primary-source documents (Stephen S. Foster, The Brotherhood of Thieves; or A True Picture of the American Church and Clergy: A Letter to Nathaniel Barney, of Nantucket [1843]; and, Anonymous, “Slavery and the Bible” DeBow’s Review vol. 9 [September 1850], 281-286). One of these documents uses religion to justify slavery, and the other uses religion to condemn slavery. You will answer two essay questions about, or relating to, the documents. To complete this assignment successfully, you will need to access two files located under the “Handouts” link in our course on eCampus (i.e., Blackboard). One file is titled “Assessment Assignment instructions.” You must follow the instructions in that file as you craft your responses.The second file, which contains the primary-source documents and the questions you are to answer, is titled simply “Assessment Assignment.” These files can also be accessed through the “Assessment Assignment” link in our course.

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