Raffey
1 min readMar 2, 2022

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Mr. Spivey, the Slave Bibles housed at Fisk University leave no doubt, that white-Christians were very aware of their moral failings. We must also remember that Christianity was largely preached from the pulpit (rather than read), so this polluted version of Christianity is what white-Christian and the enslaved were being taught.

In Slave Bibles:

• About 90 percent of the Old Testament is missing

• 50 percent of the New Testament is missing.

• While there are 1,189 chapters in a standard protestant Bible. Slave Bibles contain only 232.

• White-Christians removed specific passages from Slave Bibles, including Galatians 3:28

"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus."

• https://www.npr.org/2018/12/09/674995075/slave-bible-from-the-1800s-omitted-key-passages-that-could-incite-rebellion

• https://www.history.com/news/slave-bible-redacted-old-testament

• https://www.timesofisrael.com/19th-cent-slave-bible-that-removed-exodus-story-to-repress-hope-goes-on-display/

Reading one of the white-Christian-Nationalist ThinkTank arguments, in defense of Slave Bibles and Slave Sermons will make your head spin.

https://therevealer.org/the-slave-bible-is-not-what-you-think/

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Raffey
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