On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
We have men sold to build churches, women sold to support the gospel, and babes sold to purchase Bibles for the Poor Heathen!
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “We have men sold to build churches, women sold to support the gospel, and babes sold to purchase Bibles for the Poor…”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, this passage exposes the profound hypocrisy of American Christianity that profits from slavery to fund religious endeavors.
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