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Abstract
While there is a general consensus around the role of religion in the abolition of the Slave Trade, historians continue to give little to no detail on exactly how Christian theology influenced the abolitionist movement. This article seeks to interrogate one major theological factor inherent in the spirituality that underpinned the activism of the British abolitionists, namely their notion of Divine Providence, and particularly its moral-emotive correlate: the fear of God’s wrath. These theological notions are discussed based mainly on the analysis of the primary sources and within the theoretical framework of judicial providentialism, aptly captured by John Coffey among others.
Keywords: abolition of the Slave Trade; British abolitionist movement; judicial providentialism; Divine Providence; the fear of God; Christian theology; John Coffey
Published Online: 2019-12-13
Published in Print: 2019-10-25
© 2019 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
