Discuss biblical references in the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave written by Himself.

I think
that one of the most stunning images or reference to religion is how Douglass describes the
ringing of "the church bell" and the ringing of the "slave auction bell" as
one in the same.  The implication here is that the institution of slavery was assisted through
Christianity.  This is not to say that the religion made slavery possible, but rather brings out
what Douglass sees as a fundamental hypocrisy.  The most brutal of slaveowners were
also...