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That is when He wrote the Aqdas and he "formally abolised"
Fri Nov 3, 2017 9:06am
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slavery. I doubt He was influenced by Lincoln.

And by the way, Bahá’u’lláh was a little late in condemning. — SES, Fri Nov 3 8:31am

...slavery: "Bahá’u’lláh formally abolished the practice of slavery among Baha’is in the Kitab-i-Aqdas (ca. 1873)." Um. That's a decade AFTER slavery was abolished in the United States.

That is when He wrote the Aqdas and he "formally abolised" — jb, Fri Nov 3 9:06am
When did he INFORMALLY abolish slavery? — SES, Fri Nov 3 9:17am

I don't give a rat's ass if he was influenced by Lincoln. The point remains that he wasn't on the cutting edge of being anti-slavery. He came along on the issue much much later.
He was known as Father of the Poor so i am sure He always — jb, Fri Nov 3 11:13am

opposed slavery but I don't remember reading anything about that. You only read to find something to complain about and you will pay for that.
For ten years after staqrting his "faith"...nothing. — SES, Fri Nov 3 12:14pm

baha hula hula started his "faith" in 1863. He didn't declare slavery illegal until 1873. 10 years. Saying nothing about slavery. In a part of the world where slavery was prevalent. And at a time... more
you said that already and i pointed out He didn't write Aqda — jb, Fri Nov 3 12:33pm

s for all those years. I don't know what's in letters on the subject nor do you. you are just looking for something to complain about.

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