Talk:Select Parts of the Holy Bible for the use of the Negro Slaves in the British West-India Islands

Link to a text
I did a search of archive.org and found this text, which might be worth including in an external links section, though it's [mostly] not in English. = paul2520 💬 00:19, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Bible capitalized?
Shouldn't the word bible be capitalized, even when referring to the slave bible? Editor2020 (talk) 03:18, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

A or The
I have self reverted to "The" as the article only discusses one version of the slave bible. If there is only one then "The" would be correct. If there is more than one then "A" would be. Editor2020 (talk) 20:26, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * That wasn't the point of my note to you, Editor2020. A perusal of the history shows that this edit turned the article, unjustifiably, into one on one specific version of a "slave bible". Thanks, Drmies (talk) 00:30, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
 * OK. Editor2020 (talk) 00:33, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Editor2020, I'm glad we're here: I see now that this article is severely troubled, and the actual problem is highlighted in this article. Among (some) Early Americanists it was commonplace to speak of slave bibles because that concept was sort of generally known, but the sourcing is simply not there to make this a topic--and the "slave bible" that was the subject of the MOTB exhibition is problematic. In addition, the Fisk page that is supposed to verify there's three of these (it's here now) is not quite clear on whether there's three copies of that one book, or three "slave bibles". So, in the absence of that clarity, and of further sourcing, I'm going to move/redirect this to reflect that we are indeed talking about one specific book. An entirely different kettle of fish, indeed. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 00:55, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Beilby Porteus incorrectly cited
This sentence in the article is actually incorrect: "These references emphasizing loyalty and submission to the slave master were instructions handed down by Beilby Porteus (then Bishop of London), who stated: "prepare a short form of public prayer, together with select portions of scripture particularly those which relate of the slave duties toward the master."

If you read the source it links to, the article mentions that this is NOT what Beilby Porteus said, but rather that the quote was taken out of context. In fact, Beily Porteus was an abolitionist, as the wikipedia article linked to him states. This sentence should probably just be removed from the wikipedia article. 124.36.34.178 (talk) 02:31, 21 May 2024 (UTC)