Cover of The Negro Bible: The Slave Bible

The Negro Bible: The Slave Bible

Narrated by Jackson Henderson

Released
December 18, 2020
Length
18 hrs 8 mins
Format
Unabridged Audiobook
Publisher
Fifth Estate
The description explores the complex history surrounding the creation of The Slave Bible, a version of scripture curated to control and manipulate the narrative for enslaved Africans in the West Indies. It highlights the tensions between slave owners and abolitionists, and how this carefully edited text was used as a propaganda tool, stripping away messages of resistance and freedom from the original biblical stories. The account emphasizes the powerful role of the Bible in both inspiring liberation and being exploited to justify oppression.

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