They would be shocked at the proposition of fellowshipping a sheep-stealer; and at the same time they hug to their communion a man-stealer, and brand me with being an infidel, if I find fault with them for it.
In his autobiography, Douglass exposes the moral inconsistency of American churches that condemn minor sins but embrace slaveholders.
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