1. The Role of Christianity in the Development of the African-A
... Christians saw themselves as the New Israel they were at the same time enslaving people who considered themselves the current Old Israel, waiting to be delivered from their oppression through faith in God.8 For white America, similarities to convince them of 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 ... he will not suffer you to quell the proud, fearless and undaunted spirits of the Africans forever; for in his own time, he is able to plead our c...
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