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The Black Church - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Argued slaves were human enough to convert but, never argued they were human enough to be freed.
    - - Parts of the New Testament challenging imperial power and social hierarchy were ignored and forgiveness, obedience, and piety formed the heart of the slave master's message to the enslaved
  - - - Music was a big influencer and helped with the enslaved to express themselves
      - Invisible Institution
        
        Used the big black wash pot sometimes to drown out the prayers
- - - - Radically changed the form and function of the black church like a form of "Exodus" (like in the bible with Moses)
- - - - Some pro-slavery people even withheld key passages of the bible so that slaves wouldn't be infected by the liberating messages (Slave Bible)
        
        South Carolina Negro Act of 1740s made it illegal to write and assemble and outlawed keeping or loud playing of horns or drums