Speaker or author: Scott, Edward, fl. 1857
Newspaper or publication: Christian News
Speech relating how southern slave owners use religion to encourage slaves to obey their masters. Religion was used as a means to justify cruelty for the slaveholder. The speaker related his own personal story of his life as a slave and his subsequent escape.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 674 word document (text and images)
Date published: 1857
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century
Keywords: Christianity; cruelty; Free Will Baptists; fugitive; Henry Clay; Judge Roger Brooke Taney; religion; Underground Railroad
People: Clay, Henry; Taney, Judge Roger Brooke
Organization: Freewill Baptist Church
Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches