1. The Role of Christianity in the Development of the African-A
During these "sermons", the congregation was encouraged to shout and respond to what was being said in a give-and-take fashion that was unique to the slave gatherings and was a product of old African worship rituals.6 The messages of these preachers could sometime hardly be considered Christian in that at times no foundation of Christian thought was implemented in their teachings. ... The children grinned, laughed, showed their white teeth, and evinced very plainly that none of them knew what that wonderful prayer meant, nor that they had a father in heavan.16 Though there were many prominen...
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