Resisting The “Slave Religion”: Understanding “Christianity Proper” Through The Slave Narratives Of Frederick Douglass And Harriet Jacobs

Author

• Aniska Casseus

Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

2024

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Fox, Regis M.

Abstract

This thesis seeks to explore the misconception that arises when viewing Christianity as the source of enslavement or White supremacy. Focusing specifically on the nineteenth-century Antebellum era, This Thesis investigates the primary texts of Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and Fredrick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself—two prominent Christians of their time—to juxtapose the teachings and practices of their captors with the actual Biblical text. This thesis seeks to explore and complicate the common narrative that has falsely implicated Christianity as a tool of oppression.

Extent

59 p.

Comments

Includes bibliography.|Thesis (MA)--Florida Atlantic University, 2024.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.

Recommended Citation

Casseus, Aniska, "Resisting The “Slave Religion”: Understanding “Christianity Proper” Through The Slave Narratives Of Frederick Douglass And Harriet Jacobs" (2024). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2020 - Present. 1483.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general/1483

Identifier

FA00014442

Format

pdf