"The argument which Southerners evolved to justify the institution of slavery is one of the great rationalizations that the human mind has conceived." ~ Clement Eaton (1898-1980) https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/eaton-william-clement

1715	John Hepburn's American Defense of the Golden Rule says: "Doing to others as we would not be done by is unlawful. But making slaves of Negroes is doing to others as we would not be done by. Therefore, making slaves of Negroes is unlawful."

The Golden Rule Chronology https://charterforcompassion.org/share-the-charter/golden-rule-chronology

Southern Baptists and slavery https://www.thelondonlyceum.com/baptists-slavery-and-the-road-to-civil-war/

Masters and Slaves in Gold Rush California

https://latinamericanstudies.org/slavery/Slaves-California.pdf