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Hello valetFrederick Douglasss theory on Religion (Christianity), Slavery, and the LawPosted on August 7, 2010 by vrana258/07/2010Law and Literature encompasses the power of publications and they way it presented the law in a light that allows its readers to interpret it from diverse directions. The law is a system of rules, which be enforced with authority by institutions. Often literature has contri thated significantly in shaping the law. Slavery is cardinal of the unfortunate practices in America that has been engraved in American history. In early centuries, people who favored or opposed slavery express it through literature. Frederick Douglass in his write up, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, discusses the role of religion, Christianity in particular, which was write in literature known as the bible had two versions original Christianity and the white Christianity that helped in strengthening slavery.Frederick Douglass is known for being an outstanding ora tor, but he is mostly acknowledged for being an incredible abolitionist. His work to vanquish slavery has been greatly known, detailing his life experience as a slave and expressing his theory on slavery. In Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, he exhibits the way religion and its literature, the bible, had a negative influence and effect on slavery as thoroughly as the development of white Christianity.Douglass opens his narrative introducing himself stating his birthplace and age. However, he claims he cannot authenticate his introduction because he himself was a slave and was not given access to this information. Immediately he attempts to demonstrate the lack of knowledge slaves had because of their masters and slaveholders. Slaves were no... ...eir actions. Either this was the incorrect way Christianity was skillful or humanity was presented in an ambiguous way. The presence of religion goes on further when Douglass introduces Mr. Covey, another master he was assig n too. Mr. Covey was a professor of religion and a religious class-leader at the local Methodist church. He also had a reputation of breaking apart small slaves in which Douglass refers to him as a nigger-breaker. As young as Douglass was when he moved in with Mr. Covey, he remembers when Mr. Covey gave him a sever whipping, slap-up my back, causing the blood to run, and raising ridges on my flesh as medium-large as my little fingers. This is puzzling to hear of a man who is affiliated to faith but his actions seemed to be contradicting.The terms religion and law are two sophisticated terms that are the realms of life as well as a shared history th