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The Negro Christianized An essay to excite and assist the good work, the instruction…
The Negro Christianized An essay to excite and assist the good work, the instruction of Negro-servants in Christianity. : [Four lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by B. Green, 1706
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
However, Tis fit for the Master also Personally to enquire into the progress which his Negroes make in Christianity, and not leave it Entirely to the management of others.
However, Tis fit for the Master also Personally to enquire into the progress which his Negroes make in Christianity, and not leave it Entierly to the management of others.
There must be Time allowed for the Work. And why not The Lords-Day? The precept of God concerning the Sabbath, is very positive; Remember the SABBATH-DAY, to keep it Holy. Thou shalt not then do any work, thou nor thy Son, nor thy Daughter, ⟨p. 30⟩thy Man-Servant, nor thy Maid-Servant. By virtue of this precept, we do even demand, The Lord-Day, for the Negroes: that they may be permitted the Freedom of The Lords-Day, and not be then unnecessarily diverted from attending on such means of Instruction, as may be afforded unto them.
There must be Time allow'd for the Work. And why not The Lords-Day? The precept of God concerning the Sabbath, is very positive; Remember the SABBATH-DAY, to keep it Holy. Thou shalt not then do any work, thou nor thy Son, nor thy Daughter, ⟨p. 30⟩thy Man-Servant, nor thy Maid-Servant. By virtue of this precept, we do even demand, The Lord-Day, for the Negroes: that they may be permitted the Freedom of The Lords-Day, and not be then unnecessarily diverted from attending on such means of Instruction, as may be afforded unto them.
To quicken them unto the learning of the Catechism, it would be very well to propose unto the Negroes, Agreeable Recompenses, & Privileges, to be received and enjoyed by them, when they shall have made a good progress in it. Sirs, A Mahometan will do as much as this comes to, for any one that will embrace his Alcoran. Oh, Christians, will not you do more for your Generation, than the Children of this World for theirs. And it is to be desired, that the Negroes may not learn to say their Catechism only by rote, like Parrots; but that their Instructors, may put unto them such other Questions relating to the points of the Catechism, that be their Answers, (at least of YES, or NO,) it may be perceived, that they Know what they Say.