John Hepburn and His Book Against Slavery, 1715.

The article presents an examination into the history of the New Jersey author John Hepburn and the writing of his 1715 anti-slavery book "The American Defence of the Christian Golden Rule, or an Essay to prove the Unlawfulness of Making Slaves of Men." Details are given profiling the life of Hepburn in the U.S. colonies, noting several historical source citations to his presence and activities there. Further discussion is given outlining the religious atmosphere of the late 17th and early 18th century colonies and the events and influences which led Hepburn to write against slavery.