Prayer kettle
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Prayer kettle
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A Prayer kettle is a traditional religious worship item of many enslaved African Americans in the United States. Under slavery African Americans were forbidden to read or write, which made organized religious writing and reading the Bible difficult. To overcome this legal barrier to their practicing of religion, the slaves would use a traditional kettle or cauldron to pray. Prayers for freedom were whispered into the kettles, which were often hidden beneath floorboards of slaves' cabins to keep
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_kettle
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2024-04-03T23:42:46Z
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