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No, it is not Verse 13 that is used to justify slavery. Rarely, anyway. The
Old Testament, more generally, is the handbook for all sorts of moral
thuggery. The justification of slavery by white supremacists is easy as the
Bible endorses out outright and not in the oblique phrases of *Apostle
Paul, Chapter 13, Verses 1-3*.
They asked who could question the Word of God when it said, "slaves, obey
your earthly masters with fear and trembling" (Ephesians 6:5), or "tell
slaves to be submissive to their masters and to give satisfaction in every
respect" (Titus 2:9). Do we need to be more explicit??? Seriously?
The Bible is a *handbook* for owning slaves with numerous rules and
regulations. The "Holiness Code" of the old anti-sex bigot, Leviticus was
quite clear: It (Leviticus 25:44-46 on up) explicitly allows participation
in the slave trade, with non-Israelite residents who had been sold into
slavery being regarded as a type of property that could be inherited.
When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, there was no commandment that said
"no person shall own another person". Just...wasn't...there...
Conservative, alt-right, pro-slavery white supremacists are far more
correct with regards to the moral preciseness and interpretations of the
Bible than the liberal and "progressive" Christians who have to spin the
entire grotesqueness to make the Bible look like a book of love and
liberation. The Conservatives are correct.
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