| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter One: Controversy of Liberty and Slavery in the Constitution | 第13-21页 |
| 1.1 Paramount Constitution | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Conflict and Compromise between Liberty and Slavery in the Constitution | 第14-18页 |
| 1.2.1 Liberty and the Republic Principles Embedded in the Constitution | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2.2 Proslavery Constitution Provisions | 第15-18页 |
| 1.3 The Hidden Crisis for the Civil War | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter Two: Southern Literal and Practical Interpretations of the Bible | 第21-35页 |
| 2.1 Southern Proslavery Exegesis in the Bible | 第21-24页 |
| 2.2 Slavery as a Patriarchal System with a Well-being for Slaves in Accordance with Christian Principles | 第24-28页 |
| 2.3 Practice of the Southern Slavery in the Providence of God | 第28-35页 |
| 2.3.1 Reality of the Slavery’s Overwhelming Establishment and Spreading Manifesting the God of Nature | 第28-31页 |
| 2.3.2 Southern Progressive Economy for Slavery in the Providence of God | 第31-35页 |
| Chapter Three: Northern Humanitarian and Historical Interpretations of the Bible | 第35-48页 |
| 3.1 The Northern Interpretation to the Southern Proslavery Exegesis in the Bible | 第35-38页 |
| 3.2 Northern Pursuit of Christian Humanitarian Principles in the Bible to Advocate its Antislavery | 第38-42页 |
| 3.3 Historical Contexts of the Slavery in the Bible Distinct from American Southern Experience | 第42-48页 |
| 3.3.1 Different Treatment of Slaves between the Bible and American South..35 | 第43-45页 |
| 3.3.2 Critique of the Southern Slavery’s Blasphemy against the Bible | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Four: Controversial Christian Interpretations of Slavery as an Important Role in Provoking the Sectional Contradiction | 第48-56页 |
| 4.1 The Strength of Church-Oriented Antislavery Sentiment and Practices in the North | 第48-51页 |
| 4.2 Proslavery Efforts by the Providence of God in the South | 第51-53页 |
| 4.3 Religious Divisions over Slavery as Harbingers of Disunion and American Civil War | 第53-56页 |
| Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| Works Cited | 第58-61页 |
