Examples Of Christianity In Frederick Douglass

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There are two forms of Christianity which Frederick Douglass uses In Fredrick Douglass’ narrative, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas. Each of the forms is described more differently than the other. There are real and fake versions of Christianity. Douglas uses the real or true form throughout his narrative. He writes about fake and real Christians, this quote speaks on the fake Christians. He says in his narrative, “the hypocritical Christianity of this land” (Douglass 71). He referred this quote to all of the whites, mainly Mr. Covey and his beliefs of what he thinks Christianity is. Both real Christianity and fake Christianity are treatments Douglas writes about in his narrative. Fredrick

I spent this sort of beast-like stupor, between sleep and wake, under some large tree. At times I would rise up, a flash of energetic freedom would dart through my soul, accompanied with a faint beam of hope, that flickered for a moment and then vanished” (Douglass 38). To one this quote might mean, Douglass spent all week working then when Sunday came back around he was able to lay down under the trees and relax. Some may believe that those times were the only times he had to be with the lord. Douglass was such a dedicated man to the Lord; he would work as long as his master told him to he would not be disrespectful. During slavery, all slaves were forbidden to learn read and write. Although, Douglass did all he could to learn to read and write. He used the bible to learn to read with the help of his master’s mistress. Neither Douglass nor anyone was allowed to read the Bible, during the eighteen hundreds it was considered as breaking the law. Douglass noticed many laws by living under a master; in particular his master says if you do not work you will get a lynching. One may say that lynching was not very appropriate to do to a slave or anyone for that matter. As a people we may say that Douglass was very much a dedicated Christian through his entire

As a people, we may assume that Douglass is against the people whom think that they know the Lord, but behind the curtain they have slaves, use women, and abuse children and adults. His friends in the movement of abolition were very strong Christians, who prayed and feared God, but he has many critics as slaveholders who claim to know God but surely they do not. Douglass never cared too much for people whom were both slaveholders and “Christians”. He not only dislikes the hypocrites, he says that the slaveholders are crueler when they are