zooophagous:

revolutionaryeye:

Artifact
of the Day: Parts of the Holy Bible, Selected for the Use of the Negro
Slaves, in the British West-India Islands (also known as “Slave Bible”),
1808.

This volume is called “Holy,” but it is deeply
manipulative. Based on the King James Version, it omits all entries that
express themes of freedom. The story of Exodus, for example, describing
the Israelites’ escape from slavery in Egypt, is missing. The editors
left out entire books and large portions of others; their selections
stressed obedience, submission, and acceptance. The book was part of an
inhumane process to make slaves docile and subservient, to break their
spirits. #BlackHistoryMonth

I remember when I was in Bible school, I was always told how controversial it was whenever new versions of the Bible came out, because to omit or change anything was considered a very terrible sin.

Yet here we have a Bible with huge passages hacked out of it for the purpose of keeping enslaved people underfoot and in the dark. It’s a chilling example of how far people are willing to twist scripture to deliberately harm others they see as inferior.