THE AGE OF SLAVERY TO EMANCIPATION AND RELIGION

THE adoption of the Hebrew text, copied from the Khemetic records that were attached to the later writings that revolved around the maa´Kheru, the ‘Truth speaker’ the Khemetic name for the ‘Christ’ was then merged with the former to become the ‘Bible.’ This adopted religion by the former Romans was then used to eliminate paganism in Europe in the effort to create the nations of Christendom under Roman rule, eventually identified as the Byzantine empire. The term ‘Christians’ was the name that the Roman Emperor Constantine attributed to the Faith-believers (void of idols) that he encountered, and was later impressed by these same believers of a ‘foreign faith’ that his empire offered in the arena to be devoured by likewise foreign animals; it is believed that Constantine’s faith was especially infused, after the martyrdom of the Theban Mauritius of Aganaum, who knew this faith in his African homeland and refused to slaughter its believers; in time this martyr would be called Saint Mauritius. This first paragraph is an introduction that would need beyond this article to relate in detail, but is intended to provide a basic understanding of how religion played an active part in the Trans- Atlantic-slavery that developed Europe and the Americas.

Christianity and Islam were fashioned to allow the inhuman exploitation of so-called Heathen peoples, the destruction of American civilizations of that period and the African slave trade were stipulated by Holy men as justified, likewise were the common savagery of the Spanish inquisition, the conquistador era and slavery. Now, to the early plantation existence of the Dutch 18th Century colonies of Essequibo, Berbice, and Demerara, and comments on religious life. Dr. MC Gowan quotes the British physician George Pinckard, who noted, “The total neglect of sacred ordinances …prevails in these colonies. All the ceremonies of the Sabbath were utterly disregarded. No church or temple is to be found in the settlements … Sunday, it is true, has been set apart as a day of rest, but no solemn ceremony marks it as the Sabbath. Idleness and merriment alone distinguish it from the other days of the week” - A SURVEY OF GUYANESE HISTORY A COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL ESSAYS AND ARTICLES

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A GUYANESE SCHOLAR -

Dr.

Winston Mc Gowan.

Pinckard continues, “ Christmas… is a holiday to the slaves who usually receive some indulgences of food, and some present of clothing to augment the happiness of SEE PAGE XVI