Slaves knew enough of the Orthodox theology at the time, to consign all bad slaveholders to hell, and they often fancied such persons wishing themselves back again to wield the lash.
From his autobiography, Douglass describes how enslaved people used their understanding of religion to cope with and condemn their oppressors.
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