JACOBUS HONDIUS


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Jacobus Hondius

Church members who buy and sell slaves and trade in such miserable people commit a sin. For these are people of the same nature as them rather than mere animals. Even though such slave trade is conducted by not only Jews, Turks, and Pagans, but so-called Christians, indeed, Dutchmen, as well. Reformed members should not taint themselves with such uncompassionate trade. Rather, they should act fully in fear of the Lord, in order that the money they make will be a blessing rather than a curse
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The Dutch Reformed Church was ambivalent regarding slavery. In this case the religion served as the moral basis for opposition. However, in the Dutch colonies of South Africa and Asia most of the Dutch Reformed ministers went along with slavery and found no religious moral imperative as Hondius did. In a sense, it was like Ameriica in the Slavery era. Many Christian and Jewish clerics—especially from the North—castigated slavery, while most in the South either ignored the moral issue or used the Bible and God to justify slavery.

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