The Society for the Conversion of Negro Slaves is preparing a Bible for use in the British West Indies. It will be given to enslaved Africans — to teach them to read, and to bring them to the Christian faith.
The Bishop of London has issued his requirements for the volume.
You are the editor. Below are ten passages a complete Bible would contain. Build the Bible you think should be used. Retain what belongs. Excise what does not.
What the Society for the Conversion of Negro Slaves actually decided. London, 1807.
Retained in full"Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ."Ephesians 6:5
Three copies of this book are known to survive.
What else was removed?
Why?