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Christian Slavery - Bad News About Christianity

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Anyone who helped a slave escape commited a kind of theft - since a slave was property,<br />

If caught they were branded SS (for slave stealer) on the hand<br />

Jonathan Walker was an American reformer who became a national hero in 1844 when he was tried and sentenced<br />

as a slave stealer following his attempt to help seven runaway slaves find freedom.<br />

He was branded on his hand by the United States Government with the markings S.S. for "Slave Stealer"..

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