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Francis Wayland is related to slavery through his vocal opposition to the institution as a moral offense [1] and his academic efforts to facilitate critical discourse on the topic at Brown University [2], [3]. He further expressed his conviction regarding the inevitable end of slavery in his personal correspondence [4].
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Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Brown University slaveryandjusticereport.brown.edu 4 facts
perspectiveFrancis Wayland opposed slavery, viewing it as an offense against God and a violation of the United States' founding principles.
quoteFrancis Wayland wrote to a correspondent in 1837: "Slavery in this country will yet cease, for it is wrong. But it will never be made to cease by the present efforts. They have on them, in my opinion, every mask of failure, for they are not made in the fear of God or with love to man. They may destroy the union, plunge this country into a civil war, break us up into a half dozen different confederacies, but abolish slavery as they are now attempting to do it — they never will. You may note my words, they never will."
claimFrancis Wayland, a Brown University educator, provided a framework that allowed students to discuss the morality and politics of slavery, though his arguments did not emphasize the responsibilities people might have toward those who were enslaved.
accountFrancis Wayland dedicated several weeks of his senior seminar at Brown University to the problems of slavery and abolition, allowing students significant liberty to question and discuss the topic provided they stated their points with precision.