... their relation to the Israelites consisted of "the bondage in Egypt, the rescue at the Red Sea, the wandering in the wilderness, and the entrance into the Promised Land".9 These events were compared similarly to the events that lead to America's eventual independence from England. However, in the minds of blacks, America took on the role of Egypt in the Exodus story and is well illustrated the words of Maria ... , and salvation.14 Lawrence W. Levine's study, Black Culture and Black Consciousness, suggests there was a "widespread conversion of slaves to Christianity by the time of the Ci...

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