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Jacobus Capitein: Speaking in Defence of Slavery

Professor Alec Ryrie FBA

Professor Alec Ryrie FBA

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“We can dismiss many  of these defenders of Slavery as self-justifying hypocrites… but not all of them.” Professor Alec Ryrie discusses the unique case of Jacobus Capitein, the first African to be ordained a protestant minister who wrote a defence of slavery.

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Professor Alec Ryrie Gresham Professor of Divinity.

Professor Alec Ryrie FBA

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Alec Ryrie was Gresham Professor of Divinity. He is also Professor of the History of Christianity at Durham University, Co-Editor of the Journal of Ecclesiastical History and President of the Church of England Record Society.

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