How Did Religion's Impact On Slaves And Their Generations?
Religion’s Impact on Slaves and their Generations
How grave it is for one human being to devise or seek ways to conquer another and then force them into labor that is not for their benefit. Such was the case when African Americans were forcefully bought to America to be slaves. History has shed a great deal of light on the cruelties that they faced as slaves. As much as we try to organize history and understand what they actually went through, we will never understand the totality of their broken spirits, unbearable physical pain, and the destruction of their families. To add insult to injury they were forced to worship a god that they had no knowledge of, who according to the slave owners loved them but made them slaves to serve their masters. They were also taught scriptures from the bible of their new god that justified the inhuman treatment they constantly received. …show more content…
That faith was established in God the Father, Jesus Christ his son, and the Holy Spirit the comforter. Born of the Virgin Mary, Jesus came into this world to save us from our sins. He died on a cross and was buried, yet, after three days he arose from the dead and went to be with his Father in heaven. This was our belief and no matter how grim things became in life you held on to God’s unchanging hand. I have often prayed or asked God, why did he allow slavery to be a part of our black history, and, when will the residue of slavery finally dissipate from our race. To both of these prayers, still no
How grave it is for one human being to devise or seek ways to conquer another and then force them into labor that is not for their benefit. Such was the case when African Americans were forcefully bought to America to be slaves. History has shed a great deal of light on the cruelties that they faced as slaves. As much as we try to organize history and understand what they actually went through, we will never understand the totality of their broken spirits, unbearable physical pain, and the destruction of their families. To add insult to injury they were forced to worship a god that they had no knowledge of, who according to the slave owners loved them but made them slaves to serve their masters. They were also taught scriptures from the bible of their new god that justified the inhuman treatment they constantly received. …show more content…
That faith was established in God the Father, Jesus Christ his son, and the Holy Spirit the comforter. Born of the Virgin Mary, Jesus came into this world to save us from our sins. He died on a cross and was buried, yet, after three days he arose from the dead and went to be with his Father in heaven. This was our belief and no matter how grim things became in life you held on to God’s unchanging hand. I have often prayed or asked God, why did he allow slavery to be a part of our black history, and, when will the residue of slavery finally dissipate from our race. To both of these prayers, still no