Summary
There is a great deal of discussion about the cruelty of slavery in the film. During an especially poignant moment, a former slave, played by the musician Youssou N'Dour, opens his shirt displaying the brand burned into his chest when he reached the West Indies from Africa, a mark that, in his words, let him know that he no longer belonged to God, but to men.
My neighbor has a duty to respect my right to life, liberty and private property and I have a duty to do the same. Of course, men regularly violate that duty, which is why men compact with government to secure inalienable rights from the devilment of human nature.One can argue that these are things Godfearing neighbors ought to cheerfully do for one another. However, that is wholly different from politicians that want to use the power of government to force munificence. The administrative state along with its corresponding schemes of wealth redistribution are wrong because the equal right to liberty means no man should be made to work for the benefit of another. Slavery practiced with kid gloves is slavery still.See the full content of this document
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The Property of God
This past weekend, I watched the film Amazing Grace. This marvelous film tells the story of the battle abolitionist William Wilberforce waged to end the slave trade in the British E...
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