Which of the Following Statements About African-American Religion in the Antebellum

question 24

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about African-American religion in the antebellum period is LEAST accurate?

• A)Masters were sometimes wary of religion's effect on their slaves,and insisted that their slaves attend the masters' own churches.
• B)African Americans identified with the biblical story of Exodus,and saw themselves as God's chosen people enduring an unjust form of bondage.
• C)Slaves' spirituals conveyed not only a spirit of resistance but also at times covert plans for active resistance.
• D)By the second quarter of the nineteenth century,African folk traditions had disappeared from black religion.

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Definitions:

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