Although sometimes conversion would mean freedom, slaves did not tend to convert themselves in a hypocritical way; they did become religious people. John Jea, a slave that acquired his freedom by converting into Christianity became a well known minister in America and Europe. Mr. Jea was born in 1773 in Nigeria, where him and his parents were captured and brought to the New World where they were sold as slaves...
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Mr. Jea was born in 1773 in Nigeria, where him and his parents were captured and brought to the New World where they were sold as slaves. His entire family was purchased by a New York Dutch couple that lived in rural New York. John Jea converted himself into Christianity when he was fifteen years old and after getting his freedom, he became a preacher and started to travel and preach religion among many other slaves and free blacks with his spontaneous literacy...
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