Religious Hypocrisy Hiding Malicious Deeds Douglass ...

Religious Hypocrisy Hiding Malicious Deeds: â€Å"Douglass’ Narrative† Religion’s purpose, whether you believe or do not believe, is to uplift and give a person hope. It gives a person the belief that there is something bigger than themselves to watch over and help them with the guidance of their lives. When a person thinks of their religion and the god or deities they worship, slavery and the dehumanization of another person are not words commonly thought of. In reading Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, it is clear that the white slave owners’ misuse of religion lead to the ownership, abuse and mistreatment, and the defilement of the African American race. When the European’s invaded the new world to begin the cultivation of new crops, they stopped by Africa. The Europeans had a deal with high ranking Africans to further their cause for profit. The deal was for other African’s to steal more of their people from their homes to deliver to the Europeans. When they did this they opened their people up to be ill-treated slaves in the name of religion. â€Å"I should regard being the slave of a religious master the greatest calamity that could befall me. For all the slaveholders with whom I have ever met, religious slaveholders are the worst. I have ever found them the meanest and beast, the most cruel and cowardly, of all others(narrative). The act of slavery is horrid, but to justify the act using religion is worse. The words of the bible weren’t meant to be exploited by the