Preachers of Deceit
...s and their descendants, one might believe it was a plan fabricated by themselves and the devils to oppress us. But hark! My master has taught me better than to believe it—he has taught me that his gospel as it was preached by himself and his apostles remains the same, notwithstanding Europe has tried to mingle blood and oppression with it.” Walker lets us know with this statement that his faith is unwavering despite the malpractice of religion by the Europeans because he knows the true words of the Lord. Next, Walker outlines for us a prime example of the deceit of which he speaks. He tells the story of Bartholomew Las Casas. Las Casas, a Catholic priest, and an adventurer with Columbus, successfully proposed a plan to Spain to import Africans to become their slaves. In 1503, the first African Americans were imported to America. Then Walker says, “Thus we see, through the instrumentality of a pretended preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ our common master, our wretchedness first commenced in America—where it has been continued from 1503, to this day, 1829. A period of three hundred and twenty-six years.” With this strong statement, we see that a man who claimed to be a man of the Lord truly went against the teachings of the Bible. Another extremely powerful example that our author uses is that of Christian Americans beating African Americans for praying and worshipping the Lord. Walker says, “I have known tyrants or usurper...