How the Bible was deliberately censored to control African slaves

Dr Sheila Akomiah-Conteh unpacks the origins and teachings of the little-known 19th-century Slave Bible

Throughout human history, religion has been wielded as a tool to enlighten and to darken minds, to give hope as well as to crush it, and to give life as well as to take life. In fact, in many contemporary societies, the widespread disdain and rejection of religion by some people is due to its association with negative and dark histories.