Christianity Quote by Rodney Stark
““Slavery ended in medieval Europe only because the church extended its sacraments to all slaves and then managed to impose a ban on the enslavement of Christians (and of Jews). Within the context of medieval Europe, that prohibition was effectively a rule of universal abolition. ””
![“It [slavery] has exercised absolute mastery over the American Church. . . . With the Bible in their hands, her priesthood have attempted to prove that slavery came down from God out of heaven. They have become slaveholders and dealers in human flesh.” quote by William Lloyd Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c37/william-lloyd-garrison-11679_absolutes_it-slavery-has-exercised-absolute-master_2971302.jpg)
