In a blatant example of selected reading of the Bible, a new exhibit at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., features an abridged version entitled ”Parts of the Holy Bible, Selected for the Use of the Negro Slaves’. It shows how Christian missionaries converted enslaved Africans to Christianity by teaching them the Gospel… except the parts about freedom, equality and resistance. Obviously they knew those parts were there!
The censored version removes 90% of the Old Testament and half of the New Testament. It has been described as: “the enslavers extended remix of the King James version of the Bible, leaving out all that unnecessary junk that might lead slaves to turn on their masters.
