Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 2001

Abstract

What went wrong? Why did Wesley respond so positively to Benezet's influence and bring a huge number of his followers to bear witness against slavery, yet Whitefield acquiesced to the prevailing view of his age? While we may never know all the answers to these questions, it is possible to trace the thinking of the two men and even read Benezet's evaluation and conclusion on Whitefield's slavery position.

Comments

Originally published in the Wesleyan Theological Society Journal, Fall, 2001, 164-173.

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