The Relationship Between Christianity and Anti-Slavery

The churches' response to slavery was controversial and unsatisfactory according to Garrison and Douglas./nGarrison and Douglas believed that most churches were either pro-slavery or too cowardly to take a strong anti-slavery stance./nThe Quakers were the only religious organization that actively opposed slavery./nGarrison refused to participate in established or organized Christianity./nThere is controversy among Douglas biographers regarding his religious beliefs, but there is no evidence of him remaining a devout Christian after the 1840s./nDouglas criticized American Christian churches in his memoir for their complicity with or endorsement of slavery.