Countless comparisons have been made over the years between slavery and abortion – so many that some pro-abortion advocates undoubtedly roll their eyes and sigh when the topics are placed side by side.
Well, at the risk of being dismissed straight away, I’m going to do just that – not to compare the two gruesome institutions, although parallels abound, but to consider similarities in thought among some of those who have defended each as well as to point out the utter shortcomings of these defenses.
Inspired by the film of the same name (which I have not yet seen, preferring first to read the book), I recently undertook reading Twelve Years a Slave, in which Solomon Northup, a free black man living in pre-Civil War America, recounts his experiences of being kidnapped, sold into slavery, and forced to live the life of a slave for twelve years until his rescue.
Northup endured untold cruelties during those twelve years, but he also encountered kindness – particularly in his first master, William Ford. Reflecting on Ford, Northup writes:
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