They’ll bleat and baa, dona like goats, Gorge down black sheep, and strain at motes, Array their backs in fine black coats, Then seize their negroes by their throats, And choke, for heavenly union.
In this verse, Douglass critiques the superficiality of religious individuals who ignore the suffering of enslaved people.
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