Slaves know enough of the rudiments of theology to believe that those go to hell who die slaveholders; and they often fancy such persons wishing themselves back again, to wield the lash.
Douglass explains the theological beliefs held by enslaved people regarding the fate of slaveholders in the afterlife.
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