I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the South — as I have observed it and proved it — is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes; a justifier of the most appalling barbarity; a sanctifier of the most hateful frauds; and a dark shelter, under which the darkest, foulest, grossest, and most infernal abominations fester and flourish. Were I again to be reduced to the condition of A slave, next to that calamity, I should regard the fact of being the slave of a religious slaveholder, the greatest that could befall me.


Chapter 18: New Relations and Duties. - My Bondage and My Freedom (1855)

Frederick Douglass Quotes

I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the South — as I have observed it and proved it — is a mere covering for the most horrid...

I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the South — as I have observed it and proved it — is a mere covering for the most horrid...

I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the South — as I have observed it and proved it — is a mere covering for the most horrid...

I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the South — as I have observed it and proved it — is a mere covering for the most horrid...