Christianity was used as a tool to keep slaves docile and obedient to their master. They were taught only passages that emphasized submission and learned only the words of their master. Throughout their stories, both Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs expose the hypocrisy and moral contradictions between the religion preached by slaveholders and true Christianity. We learn that having a religious master is one of the worst things as a slave because the masters feel some right to commit these horrible crimes and that God is behind them. Separating Southern Christianity from true or devout Christianity became essential to understanding that religion could be used as a justification for freedom. Douglass and Jacobs' ability to read allowed them to draw their own conclusions from the Bible and learn that God did not support slavery. This alienation allowed them to use their faith and Bible passages that convey equality as tools against their enslavement, first mentally and then