An enslaved mother beheaded her children rather than let them be sold. This was before Margaret Garner in 1856 who is fictionalized in Toni Morrison’s book Beloved.
Category: slavery
The Bible on slavery: if Slavery is anti-Christian are enslavers the Antichrist?
The following comes to us from the Anti-Slavery Record volume I September 1835, Second Edition Number 9 in an entry entitled “THE DOCTRINE OF THE BIBLE IN REGARD TO SLAVERY:” This is evidence proving slavery is anti-Christian. Therefore, those who enslave others are the anti-Christ. Isaiah 58:6 – Break every yoke undo the heavy burdens and let…… Continue reading The Bible on slavery: if Slavery is anti-Christian are enslavers the Antichrist?
Spiritual conditioning #2: Boukman’s Prayer
“Good God who created the Sun which shines on us from above, who rouses the sea and makes the thunder rumble; Listen! God though hidden in a cloud watches over us. The god of the whiteman calls forth crime but our God wills good works. Our God who is so good commands us to vengeance.
He will direct our arms and help us. Throw away the likeness of the white man’s god who has so often brought us to tears and listen to the liberty which speaks in all our hearts.”