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examines the role religion played in the lives of slaves in Pre-Civil War in the South.
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no definitive structure. Religion, for example, was brought to the slaves of the South for a variety of reasons. Some believed that with religion these slaves could be more easily
controlled so that rebellion would not be so real a threat to the owners of plantations. Others felt that the Africans deserved to be offered the word of God for
the sake of religion. And, in terms of how the African slaves reacted to Christianity there are also many variations. Some felt a relationship with Christ due to the fact
that he was oppressed and abused. Others incorporated the Christian faith with their own homeland religions. As we can see, even from this brief illustration of the conditions involved with
slaves and religion, the relationship and subject is a complex one. In the following paper we first examine the subject of bringing religion to the slaves. The paper then discusses
how religion played a part in the lives of the slaves of the South before the Civil War. Bringing Religion to the Slaves There are many different aspects, or
perspectives, to the existence of religion among the slaves of the South in the Pre-Civil War years. Bearing that in mind we first look at the just some of the
conditions as they relate to the white man instilling religion into the slaves of the South. "In the 1780s, Methodists--who represent a standard example--had formulated strong rules against slavery, and
slaveholders. Slavery was deemed to be contrary to the laws of God, man and nature, and hurtful to society, contrary to the dictates of conscience and pure religion. Indeed, by
1784 Methodists were so bold as to say that they promised to excommunicate all Methodists not freeing their slaves within two years" (Lecture Twelve: The Religion of the Slaves). However,
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