For my post, I have decided to write about William More.
In his narrative he first talks about sometimes going to the church with his master on Sundays, "Some Sundays we went to church some place. We allus liked to go any place. A white preacher allus told us to 'bey our masters and work hard" and although the preacher told the slaves to always obey their master and to work hard, they still enjoyed going, as they enjoyed going anywhere, I'm assuming this was because it meant they could actually leave the masters home and not have to worry about work or being punished or whipped if they had done something to the masters dislike.
But despite being allowed to go to church, he says "but we better not let him cotch us prayin" "Seems like niggers jus' got to pray. Half they life am in prayin'. Some nigger take turn 'bout to watch and see if Marse Tom anyways 'bout, then they circle theyselves on the floor in the cabin and pray. They git to moanin' low and gentle, 'Some day, some day, some day, this yoke gwine be lifted offen our shoulders." I'm not quite sure why they wouldn't be allowed to pray, but by the way he talks about praying it's like that was all the hope they had to hold on to, and if they didn't pray they would have no chance of being freed one day.
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