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As shown with the first-century Colossians and the Africans in the fifteenth century, the enslaved Africans in the New World, when presented with the gospel, were not allowed to make Christianity or their Christian beliefs indigenous. The outcome proved beneficial to the enslaved despite the oppression and controlling efforts of the enslavers to subdue them. It also serves as the basis for the rereading of Colossians from an African American postcolonial perspective.
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Tinsley, A. (2013). Identity of the Enslaved Africans in North America. In: A Postcolonial African American Re-reading of Colossians. Postcolonialism and Religions. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137326157_7
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