Essay On African American Religion

The religious elements during the time period 1815-1848 played an important role in the efforts made by slaves. Southern churches made great efforts to convert slaves to Christianity, but rather than accept their master’s vision of Christianity, such as reminding them of passages in the Bible that demanded slaves to obey their masters, they often adapted it to suit their needs as slaves (Keene, 284). African Americans often practiced their faith in “hush arbors” that they created, in which the story of Exodus was an especially popular book of the Bible to study. The Bible book, Exodus, was a story told in which God directed the prophet Moses to deliver the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage, and the African Americans had faith that God was …show more content…
Music created by the slaves was heavily based biblical themes, more prominently of the figure Moses and the deliverance of the ancient Israelites from slavery, such as the song “Steal Away to Jesus,” which affirmed both the hope of redemption and that there would be a religious meeting the night that the slave sang it (Keene, 285). Overall, religion played an important role among slaves, and the fusion of the mixed religion acted as a new kind of hope for the redemption of African Americans during the time period 1815-1848. The intellectual elements of the time period 1815-1848 played an exceptional role in the market revolution. The market revolution is a term used to describe the transformation of the American economy, including developments that revolutionized agriculture, industry, technology, transportation, as well as communications. One of the more important improvements made towards agriculture was the iron plow created by Jethro Wood, that was eventually recreated by John Deere, increasing the adequacy of