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This article by Larry Rivers A Troublesome Property: Master-Slave Relations in Florida, 1821-1865 was a very open and honesty thread to read. My reaction to this article was pleasing it opened my eyes to how Florida was divided into sections according to counties and slavery occurrences. The article clearly talks about how the troublesome property with the master slaves in Florida had its ups and downs when it came to the slaves in rebellion. It explains how the slave masters treated their families and their laborers. The article briefly talked about religious aspects on how the slave masters treated those slaves harshly who practiced religion. As stated in the article Zephaniah Kingsley, one of Florida’s most flamboyant slave holders was very skeptical about allowing any form of religious worship on his plantation in Duval County (30) modern day Jacksonville, Florida. On the same page another planter by the name of Judge Wilkerson of Madison …show more content…

To the point, the masters was clueless to what was happening in the plantation as supposed to religious gatherings. The slaves would use church as way to plan their escape route. Only thing was that some slaves got caught in the act and had to pay the consequences. The consequences resulted in abuse or even homicides. The slaves lived in discomfort for their slavery years under the maters but they had ways to underestimate the master. Larry also made emphasis in reference to religion throughout article. He goes in depth with how the slaves continued with rebellion towards their masters because they couldn’t marry away from the plantation, they couldn’t be with their families, very ill will, the employers slept with slaves and slave masters. The slave masters who had a good relationship with their masters had special privilege i.e., ample meals, descent living, no punishment meaning they got treated

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Slavery: Effective on Slaves and Slaveholders In Frederick Douglass’s autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Douglass recounts his life in slavery to reveal to his readers the horrors of the American slave system. To effectively inform his readers of the corrupt system, he publicizes the slaveholders’ hypocritical practice of Christianity. Although he himself is a Christian, Douglass’s narrative is a scathing commentary on the ironic role of Christian religion in the Southern slaveholding culture. Throughout his book, the author expresses and exemplifies his perspective on religion by illustrating the falseness and hypocrisy of the Southern people. To start off, Frederick Douglass suggests that the Southern people’s religion is false and insincere.

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