1 Revivals of religion and revivals in the slave-trade go hand in hand together.
2 It is against religion, as presented by these bodies, that I have felt it my duty to testify.
3 Indeed, I can see no reason, but the most deceitful one, for calling the religion of this land Christianity.
4 Every thing he possessed in the shape of learning or religion, he made conform to his disposition to deceive.
5 Another advantage I gained in my new master was, he made no pretensions to, or profession of, religion; and this, in my opinion, was truly a great advantage.
6 They attend with Pharisaical strictness to the outward forms of religion, and at the same time neglect the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith.
7 I find, since reading over the foregoing Narrative, that I have, in several instances, spoken in such a tone and manner, respecting religion, as may possibly lead those unacquainted with my religious views to suppose me an opponent of all religion.
8 Such is, very briefly, my view of the religion of this land; and to avoid any misunderstanding, growing out of the use of general terms, I mean by the religion of this land, that which is revealed in the words, deeds, and actions, of those bodies, north and south, calling themselves Christian churches, and yet in union with slaveholders.