Slavery and the Bible
The Patristic era and the early Middle Ages
The high Middle Ages and the scholastic theologians
Portugal, Africa, Spain, and the Americas
Criticizing and justifying the Atlantic slave trade
Capuchins and Confraternities against the slave trade
The American abolitionist movement
American Catholicism, slavery, and Gregory XVI
The strengthening of Catholic abolitionism
Leo XIII and an abolitionist church
Conclusion: A theological reflection on history and reconciliation.