Slavery in Black and White Study Guide Documentary

How religion can be used as a social control Hans Baer and Merrill Singer book, African American Religion: Varieties of Protest & Accommodation (2002) argues that Christianity performed five functions on behalf of slavery. 1. Christianity provided ideological rationale for the enslavement of Africans and social cohesion for white society; 2. Christianity was used to pacify and subdue the slaves; and 3. Christianity helped enhance the profitability of the slaves by ensuring their willingness to work Three are listed below:

hard under adverse circumstances (God wants/blesses slaves who work hard).