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