Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Prejudiced
- Douglass jumps right into his examples of prejudice he's experienced in the church.
Example #1: Prejudice in the Northern Methodist Church
- Douglass went to a Methodist church up north.
- White people got to hang out by the altar, while black people were stuck near the door. Seems wrong.
- The minister served communion to the white people.
- Then he yelled to the black people, "Come and get it! God doesn't care that you're black!"
- At which point, Douglass understandably felt unwelcome and never went back.
Example #2: Prejudice at the New Bedford Revival
- Yep, this revival is also segregated.
- Douglass watched as a deacon served communion to a black girl. Then the white girl next to her refused to drink from the same cup.
- Which seemed not okay to Douglass since supposedly they worship the same Jesus, who loves everyone the same.
Example #3: Who Does the Cooking in Heaven?
- At the same revival, Douglass saw another white girl go into a religious trance.
- The girl claimed to have seen heaven, and a curious grandma wanted to know if black people were there.
- The girl said she didn't know, because she didn't go into the kitchen, where all the black people would obviously be if they were in heaven.
- Seriously?