True Christianity
Douglass praises this quality of real Christianity, which contrasts with slavery’s cruelty.
What is love/compassion?
Douglass condemns slaveholders who pray and sing hymns but also do this.
What is whip/beat slaves?
Slaveholders often quoted verses from this book to justify slavery.
What is the Bible?
Douglass distinguishes between Christianity of the South and this.
What is the Christianity of Christ?
A so-called Christian might do this in the morning, then whip slaves in the afternoon.
What is prayer?
According to Douglass, true Christianity is “pure, peaceable, and” this.
What is impartial?
A contradiction: slaveholders give this to the poor but starve their slaves.
What is charity/alms?
Ministers taught enslaved people this religious “virtue” to maintain control.
What is obedience?
Douglass says his Narrative should not be read as an attack on this institution.
What is true Christianity/the church of Christ?
Douglass points out that enslavers used Sunday worship to hide this.
What is their cruelty/sins?
Douglass insists he does not oppose Christianity itself, but this.
What is slaveholding/false Christianity?
Douglass says slaveholding religion is worse than this
What is irreligion/no religion?
Douglass condemns ministers who own slaves, calling them this type of men.
What are hypocrites?
The false Christianity Douglass condemns was tied to this region.
What is the American South?
Preaching “love thy neighbor” while separating enslaved families is an example of:
What is hypocrisy?
Douglass identifies Christianity of Christ with this universal moral quality.
What is justice/equality?
Douglass describes men who are praised as devout but actually commit this act.
What is slaveholding?
Slaveholding religion used the Bible as this kind of tool.
What is a weapon of oppression?
Douglass says one form of Christianity is “good, pure, and holy,” the other is this.
What is corrupt/false/evil?
Some slaveholders were praised as “saints” while practicing this brutal system.
What is slavery?
Douglass argues that true religion would lead people to this action regarding slavery.
What is abolishing slavery?
Douglass describes church members doing this while remaining respected Christians.
What is buying/selling slaves?
Douglass’s Appendix exposes religion as being used for this kind of justification of slavery.
What is God’s will/moral justification?
The Appendix was added to his Narrative mainly to clarify this point.
What is that he opposed false religion, not true Christianity?
Douglass’s descriptions show that this public image often concealed private abuse.
What is piety/religious devotion?