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It offered them hope and reassurance, although they were forced to organize and conduct meetings in secret because the idea of assembling without supervision left the slaveowners in fear.

Upon exposure to Christianity, the enslaved discovered promising stories and passages in the Bible that offered hope; the suffering of Jesus Christ was relatable to their existence.

Here is where Negro spirituals originated; the creation of these songs contained a double meaning, revealing the ideas of religious salvation and freedom from slavery.

Slave owners were confident that they would compare treatment, working conditions, and punishments, leaving them worried about revolts and riots.

Du Bois asserts that the early years of the Black church during slavery on plantations was influenced by Voodooism.