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The development of African American Christianity in the antebellum period…
The development of African American Christianity in the antebellum period
Slavery
Europeans didn't invent the institution of slavery, goes back to Greek civilizations but they did perfect the racial, psychological, and socio-political mechanics of the institution in America
Economic
"The economic holdings necessary
for this philosophical position were made available through the shift from feudalism to a town based commerce secured through capital" pg 3 (Inception of Capitalism)
Psychological (Making of Slave)
Portugal and Spain decided early that African goods bodies
could play an important role in the development of their economics (Inception of Slaves as property/colonization of Africans civilization)
First Africans called Negros, brought to VA 1619
Africans in North American colonies were few & worked w/similar arrangements as European servants; mid-1600s everything changed when England participated in the slave trade on larger scale
traded 5000 slaves per year; increased to 18 thousand annually
Black Bodies and Religion
Genesis created a theological framework to define the nature of Africans
Manipulated scripture to created a ranking ordering between Africans/Europeans; African ranked much lower
Seeking a theological and philosophical reasonable argument colonizers used (Gen 9:20-22; 24-25) as their reasoning for slavery/Cursed of Canaan
by mid 17th century the hierarchy and differential of black bodies was solidified through legal binding (Politics) and theological argument (religion)
VA concluding that being baptized did not equate to a slaves freedom, putting restrictions on all slaves and those born of slaves
Law was "softened" to include freedom for those born to white women and free black women; maintain white dominance
Also required slaves to carry passes to carry passes when off plantations and by giving whites permission to search Africans for passes and weapons. (Inception of Policing)
Painted slaves as animalistic/assainated the character image but the book of Genesis prevented them from being seen as completely nonhuman because it states that ALL are created in the image of God
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