How did the slaves come to believe in Jesus, become Christians?

[p_rehbein]

I was wondering about this while researching who the Author of Go Tell It On The Mountain was. This is the information
I found:

Why Did African Slaves Adopt the Bible? : NPR


A Harvard exhibit on Christianity and slavery


The pain and suffering (physical/mental) seems to be why slaves in the US turned to the Bible, Scripture....

 

[Lanolin]

well yea cant you ever imagine life as a slave?

Its painful and suffering to be owned and always told what to do and never have any say in your life. To be poor and always under somebodys thumb. To be judged on what you look like.

Does Jesus say his burden is easy and his yoke is light. And the lilies of the field, they dont toil or spin but God thinks they are beautiful.

 

[Nehemiah6]

The pain and suffering (physical/mental) seems to be why slaves in the US turned to the Bible, Scripture....

They did not turn to the Bible by themselves. "Interactions between enslaved people and Christian missionaries (and other evangelists) led to the spread of Christianity among Black Americans."
https://www.pewresearch.org/religio...erview-of-black-religious-history-in-the-u-s/

Also evangelists brought the Gospel to them as well as the general population. Sadly, in recent times a lot of blacks have turned to Islam or Communism or Anarchism. And the Black Muslims (a sect) teach that blacks should kill all whites.