On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
The dealer gives his blood-stained gold to support the pulpit, and the pulpit, in return, covers his infernal business with the garb of Christianity.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The dealer gives his blood-stained gold to support the pulpit, and the pulpit, in return, covers his infernal business…”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, this passage details the transactional corruption where religious institutions legitimized the slave trade in exchange for financial support.
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