Fredrick Douglass 'Second Great Awakening'

In Chapter IV, when George came to Elisa and told her his plan of escaping from his owner who is envy about George’s achievement and treated him harsher, it is the first scene shows that some ethics were made to justify slavery. “I always thought

Therefore, Abraham is saying that the nation is being punished for its national sin of slavery. Abraham also states that because of the war, the nation has become divided, for there are men from both the North and South who used to," read the same Bible and pray to the same God" fighting each other in a battle that neither wants to be in. Nevertheless, the speech 's main purpose is the cause of the civil war as well as the myriad of reasons why the people should unite after the civil war. The

Slavery: Effective on Slaves and Slaveholders In Frederick Douglass’s autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Douglass recounts his life in slavery to reveal to his readers the horrors of the American slave system. To effectively inform his readers of the corrupt system, he publicizes the slaveholders’ hypocritical practice of Christianity. Although he himself is a Christian, Douglass’s narrative is a scathing commentary on the ironic role of Christian religion in the Southern slaveholding culture. Throughout his book, the author expresses and exemplifies his perspective on religion by illustrating the falseness and hypocrisy of the Southern people. To start off, Frederick Douglass suggests that the Southern people’s religion is false and insincere.

This modern Bible- as researched by British historian David Reynolds- introduced a new religion of equality, acceptance, and love for everyone no matter skin color, age, or economic status (1). Uncle Tom’s Cabin reformed the meaning of Christian religion during a period when most modern and corrupt churches weren’t standing against slavery, and sometimes encouraged it (Reynolds 1). As revealed in avid Civil War historian, Lyle Cullen Sizer’s work, Stowe’s animosity towards slavery emerged from her belief that it was un- Christian and her duty to end it (35). Stowe grew increasingly upset with the religious’ response to the strengthening of the fugitive slave law (Sizer 35). Previously, she thought that engaging in arguments of slavery was unnecessary, however, after seeing the minister’s response she said, “‘The time is come” when all must speak, “Even a woman or child’”

Benjamin Banneker, the son of a former slave, farmer, astronomer, mathematician, surveyor, and author. In response to his concerns regarding the conditions of slaves, he wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson and George Washington addressing the cruelty of slavery. In his letter, Banneker made it his point to inform Jefferson of the tyrannical act that is slavery, where which millions of his people have to been forced. Banneker challenges Jefferson, stating that the Declaration is a lie because all men are not created equal. Benjamin Banneker uses allusion in order to abolish the unrighteousness of slavery.

An example of this is, “we hanged our harps upon the willow in the midst thereof” (Douglass 286). This piece of text is Douglass saying that once you’ve been a slave there is no way to forget everything that he experienced because of how horrifying it was. With this quote it helps to prove his credibility because he can relate to what slaves are going through and can use his personal experiences to convince people that slavery needs to end. While Frederick Douglass experienced many atrocities during his time as a former slave many Americans were aware of what slaves experienced, so he had to use other means as well to persuade his audience to support abolitionism which would help end slavery once and for all in

Amazing Grace is a movie about the campaign against the slave trade in the British Empire, Led by a man named William Wilberforce, who was responsible for steering anti-slave trade legislation throughout the British Parliament. This title is tied to the hymn “Amazing Grace”, which has to do with slavery as well. John Newton, a crewman aboard the Slave ship, and subsequent religious conversation, which also inspired him for his poem that is in the hymn. Basing in the time of 1782, Wilberforce recounts the moments that led him to where he is now, a sick, retired politician. William considers quitting politics and studying theology, however, he is persuaded by his friends William Pitt, Thomas Clarkson, Hannah More, and Olaudah Equiano that he will be more effective doing the work of God in the very unpopular, important, and dangerous issue of the abolition of the British slave trade.

Despite thinking they were defending their religion, they were threatening it. It was an actual ceremony to burn the cross of Jesus Christ by Southern Baptists Klan members and others alike, but in their defense, it wasn’t disgracing God, it was “glorifying the light of Jesus Christ.” Klan members believed, and still believe to this day, that the burning of the cross ceremony celebrates the light of Jesus Christ after He saved His people from sin, or in their words, the darkness. Like many, if not all Klan members, Southern Baptist Klan members had, and still continue to have, an extreme hate for Jews. A tertiary source documentary titled, “Ku Klux Klan: A Secret History,” combined multitudes of mini interviews with Southern Baptist Klan members who stated first-hand that the source of hate that they feel towards Jews are ultimately “just because they exist.”

While he was preparing the sermon for the Christian holiday Pentecost, he read a passage in the Holy Bible - Wisdom of Sirach 34:18-22 and thought about the meaning of that passage. It seems that the Bible passage he read enlightened Bartolomé. He realized that all the action the conquistadors and colonists did against the domicile population - murders, exploitations, slavery, were a sin, immoral and illegal. He announced that he would abide the encomienda and all of his slaves. Bartolomé tried to convince other conquistadors and colonizers they should stop with their atrocities and find another solution for the native population of the New World, but it was to no avail.

In addition to establishing himself as a credible narrator and using anecdotes with repetitive diction and imagery, Douglass also highlights how religion was enforced in slavery. Every slave owner that Douglass belonged to was hypocritical and deceival towards their faith. This is frequently used through all his anecdotes to persuade the reader that slavery is full of non-sense and that the “devoted, peaceful, just, and kind owners” were full of lies. “He seemed to think himself equal to deceiving the Almighty. He would make a short prayer in the morning, and a long prayer at night; and, strange as it may seem, few men would at times appear more devotional than he…

All slaves there were treated badly. They were beaten if their work didn’t satisfy the master. Although the master Legree believed in Christianity, he had the bad understanding of it. In the novel, some plantation master use specific doctrine to regulate the slaves and make slavery legal and comply with Christianity. Legree was one of them.

The slave disputed every argument his master had for slavery. This conversation ended in the voluntary emancipation of the slave on the part of the master. This showed me that words can be as strong as actions, and that there was hope for me. Later on in the book I met with one of Sheridan’s mighty speeches in behalf of Catholic emancipation. I read it over and over again.

During the Second Great Awakening, new religious doctrine originating in the New England states led to a shifting of religious beliefs, including long held opinions regarding slavery. This mid-19th Century reform was sparked by Abolitionist leaders like William Lloyd Garrison, who took to the podium as well as published anti-slavery views. Likewise, Fredrick Douglas took a stand as a free black man, educator, writer and orator, publicly denouncing slavery. In addition, Harriet Tubman along with Quakers assisted groups of slaves to freedom through the use of the Underground Railroad. Books such as Uncle Tom’s Cabin exposed the inhumane abuse and treatment of slaves, bringing profound awareness of atrocities being carried out by slave owners

By the 1850’s many Americans in the North began to oppose slavery in the South because many thought slavery to be religiously wrong and immoral. Additionally, slavery was causing a political division between slave and free states, and was coming in the way of the national growth of the United States. Moreover, the horror of how slavery was practiced, religious values, and the political crisis slavery were the main features of slavery that were affecting and influencing the opinions of Northerners. Those Americans who lived in the North didn’t’ just have a moral enlightenment.

The religious movement in the second great awakening played a tremendous role in the emancipation of the slaves. The abolition movement was an effort to free the slaves. America was divided at that time, not everybody was treated equal. It was religious politicians that strive for the abolition movement back then before the Civil War. It was such a misconception that The Declaration of independence was in affect and some politicians still did not adhere to all men are created equal.