next, mercer university professor douglas thompson talks about religion and its impact on the relationship between slaves and their owners during the antebellum period. he cites nat turner's 1831 slave rebellion and frederick douglass' 1845 memoir as examples of how whites and blacks interpreted biblical passages on slavery.

next mercer university professor douglas thompson talks about slavery and religion. he recounts at examples of how whites and blacks i

next, mercer university professor douglas thompson talks about religion and its impact on the relationship between slaves and their owners during the antebellum period. he cites nat turner's 1831 slave rebellion and frederick douglass' 1845 memoir as examples of how whites and blacks interpreted biblical passages on slavery. this class is about an hour. professor thompson: ok, remember how we were talking about proslavery views. but especially talking about how they use the bible. picking up on the last one as a way to talk about something that is going to happen in the african-american experience, especially as they read to -- read the bible themselves. the conflated story, the mark of cain, the curse of ham. we did not talk about, because the reader does not pull those text together -- the tower of babel is often used to talk about what you have different races of people. so, i am adding that one in. it is an example of a way you can understand difference, the different races that exist. this is a whole code for households, women and children but included in that is slaves. included in t

next mercer university professor douglas thompson talks about slavery and religion. he recounts at examples of how whites and blacks interpreted biblical examples of slavery. this class is about one hour. professor thompson: remember, we set the last couple of days focusing on how they were using the bible to make arguments on slavery. we talked about these texts already. i'm pointing you to them again to highlight why they matter, but also become on last one as a way of talking about what will happen within the african-american experience, particularly as they read scripture for themselves. the genesis nine account is what it is generally referred to -- it is actually the curse placed on cain. we talked about the completed stories and the curse of ham. we did not talk about -- because the reader does not pull it together -- something known as the great dispersion, the power of babel text. it is often used to talk about why you have different races of people. i'm adding that in. the generous 11 account and the tower of battle is a way that you can understand differen

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