According to james henley thornwell, what were slaves doing when they obeyed their masters? a. they were rebelling against their masters. b. they were showing they enjoy slavery. c. they were showing that they do not like slavery. d. they were doing god's will.

The correct answer is:

D. They were doing God's will.

South Carolina College President from 1851 to 1854, James Henley Thornwell, was a noted biblical defender of slavery. According to his believes, the church teaches the slave obedience as well as requires responsibility from the master, feeding Thornwell’s ideal for southern slavery: a relationship of supposed mutual reciprocity doing God's will.

deists, human beings can know god only via reason and the observation of nature, but not by revelation or by supernatural manifestations (such as miracles

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