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In Our Nig, Wilson takes readers on a journey that is Frado's life. During which Frado is treated horribly; her caretaker believes that to be black is to be evil, she teaches a young Frado that she is unworthy of God's love. It isn't until, under the guidance of Aunt Abby that she learns all of this is false. "She attended a meeting with Aunt Abby, and the good man urged all, young or old, to accept the offers of mercy... Come to Christ he urged." (pg 85) This helped Frado greatly.  If we adopt this method and show inmates that they are worthy of God's mercies, how greatly could it affect their lives?

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-Benns, Whiteny. "American Slavery, Reinvented". The Atlantic. 21 Sept 2015. www.theatlantic.com web.  Dec 2018.

-Stevenson, Bryan. Just Mercy. Spiegel and Grau, 2014

- Wilmore, Gayraud S. "What is African American Christianity?" Down By the Riverside, edited by Larry G. Murphy. 2000, pg 26-31

-Wilson, Harriet E. Our Nig. Vintage Books, 2011

-All images are provided by Google.

-Voice recordings provided by Mr. Isaac Lee Ray

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"I'm pressing on, the upward way

New Heights I'm gaining, every day

Still praying as, I'm onward bound

Lord, plant my feet on Higher Ground" (Stevenson 2)

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In her acclaimed novel, Our Nig, Harriet E. Wilson briefly mentions how Mrs. Bellmont, a "caregiver" to a mixed girl named Frado, refused to take the young Frado to church saying "Religion was not meant for niggers." (Wilson 1)

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3.) ChristianityinPrison

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"Neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States." (Benns 3)

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1.) Christianity+Slavery

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"The conversion of slaves was thought to be unreasonable, because who would suppose that people who were believed to be little more, than savages could understand the Christian religion well enough to be benefited by it?" (Wilmore 3)

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"English settlers did not intend to make their slaves Christians.  That was a dangerous practice, for a baptized slave might get the foolish idea that freedom in Christ had to include freedom from bondage." (Wilmore 1)

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"...America treats those in the inside as less than fully human." (Benns 2)

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2.) Prisoners=new slaves?

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How slaves used Christianity as a way to escape physical and mental torment

How blacks are enslaved by the prison system

How Christianity can help blacks in prison

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Not quite... Listen closely.

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"Lord lift me up, and let me stand

By faith on Heaven’s tablestand

A higher plane, that I have found

Lord, plant my feet on Higher Ground." (Steveson 3)

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In his book Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson talks about meeting with an inmate (Henry) and afterwards wanting to leave him with something that would uplift his spirit, instead the inmate already knows what to do to uplift his own spirit, "he planted his feet... looked so calm... he began to sing... he sang slowly and with great sincerity and conviction... because his ankles were shackled and his hands were locked behind his back... he had to waddle to keep his balance, but he kept on singing." (Stevenson 1)

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"...because of their condition of oppression" slaves "identified themselves as particular objects of God's concern."
(Wilmore 2)

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Whitney Benns, writer of the article "American Slavery, Reinvented", says that "During the Reconstruction era... Southern States established large prisons throughout the region that they quickly filled with black men." (Benns 1)