it didn’t end 150 years ago

While most of the feedback to my The Problem of Slavery in Christian America has been very positive and welcome, some has also been, as you can imagine, less enthusiastic. Most of the more negative reactions are predictable, and we will spend a little time addressing them in the future. For now, one of the most common is this: “Why do you feel the need to drag up something that happened 150 years ago? Let it go!”