THE BLOOD OF 246 YEARS CRIES OUT: How “Deceived ‘So-Called Christian’ Slave Owners” Stacked God’s Children Like Cargo, Worked
Them to Death, Raped Their Women, Tore Apart Their Families, and Built a Nation on Human Flesh — and Why America Must Repent!
A Call for National Repentance: Facing the Truth of America’s Sin of Slavery
Candidate John Rice
“Let’s Seek Jesus’ Face, so God Heals America!” — 2 Chronicles 7:14
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THE VOYAGE OF HELL: THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE
Before they ever reached American soil, enslaved Africans endured one of the most horrific ordeals in human history — the brutal voyage across the Atlantic Ocean that lasted anywhere from one to six months. The captives were wedged belowdecks, chained to low-lying platforms stacked in tiers, with an average individual space allotment that was 6 feet long, 16 inches wide, and perhaps 3 feet high (183 by 41 by 91 cm). Men were normally chained together and stacked next to and on top of each other to save space.
One survivor described how the enslaved were “literally jammed between decks, as if in a coffin; and a coffin that dreadful hold became, to nearly one-half of our cargo.” Former slave ship captain John Newton — who later wrote the hymn “Amazing Grace” — described how the enslaved lay “in two rows one above the other, on each side of the ship, close to each other, like books upon a shelf.”
The death rate was horrific. Thousands died from dysentery, lying in human feces, vomit, and after-birth fluids from pregnant women for days. In 1781, the crew of the slave ship Zong threw 132 enslaved Africans overboard to their deaths after running low on water. One survivor described the horrors of enslaved people “chained hand and foot, stowed like herrings in a barrel and stricken with putrid and fatal disorders.”
They were not cargo. They were not animals. They were human beings created in the image of God. But they were treated worse than animals. The blood of the millions who died in this voyage cries out from the ocean floor — and God hears them.
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246 YEARS OF BRUTALITY ON AMERICAN SOIL
Slavery in America lasted for approximately 246 years — from 1619 to 1865. By 1860, on the eve of the Civil War, the number of enslaved people had grown to over 4 million. This was not a minor chapter in American history. This was the foundation upon which much of the nation’s wealth was built.
The victims were not numbers. They were human beings — created in the image of God.
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THE ECONOMIC ENGINE: HOW SLAVERY MADE THE SOUTH — AND BRITAIN — RICH
Slavery was not a peripheral part of the American economy — it was the engine that drove it. By the start of the Civil War, the South was producing 75 percent of the world’s cotton. If the Confederacy had been a separate nation, it would have ranked as the fourth richest in the world.
The Mississippi River Valley produced more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in the nation. This was not a coincidence — it was built on the forced labor of millions of enslaved human beings.
The numbers tell the story:
· Slave-grown cotton accounted for over half the value of all United States exports
· It provided virtually all the cotton used in the Northern textile industry
· It supplied 70 percent of the cotton used in British mills
· By the mid-19th century, a skilled enslaved person could fetch up to $2,000
· Enslaved workers represented Southern planters’ most significant investment — the bulk of their wealth
· Slave owners extracted continual increases in efficiency through forced migration, quotas, and torture
Britain’s Financial Connection:
Britain was deeply complicit in American slavery. The British textile industry was built on Southern cotton. British banks financed American plantations. British ships carried enslaved Africans across the Atlantic. British insurance companies insured slave ships and slave cargo. British investors profited immensely from the blood of enslaved people.
Financial innovations — including bonds that used enslaved people as collateral — were invented to make slavery more profitable. The most important American economic innovations before the Civil War were ways to make slavery ever more profitable.
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THE HYPOCRISY OF “CHRISTIAN” WEALTH: HISTORICAL EVIDENCE
Many of these slave owners used their blood money to finance churches, build church buildings, and fund so-called Christian projects. They would beat their slaves on Saturday night and then sit in church pews on Sunday morning, singing hymns to the God they claimed to serve.
Historical Evidence:
· St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina: Built in the 1830s, this historic church was funded in part by wealthy slaveholders, including members of the Pinckney and Rutledge families, who owned large numbers of enslaved people.
· Trinity Church in New York City: Built in the 1830s, this church was financed in part by the wealth of the Astor family, who made their fortune in the fur trade and real estate — but also through investments in slavery and cotton.
· St. John’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia: Built in the 1740s, this church was where Patrick Henry gave his famous “Give me liberty or give me death” speech — a speech delivered by a man who owned enslaved people and built his wealth on their labor.
· First Baptist Church in Charleston, South Carolina: Founded in 1683, this church is one of the oldest Black churches in America. However, its early white members were slave owners, and the church’s wealth was built on the backs of enslaved people.
· The Southern Baptist Convention: Founded in 1845, the SBC was established specifically to defend the right of missionaries to own enslaved people. The convention’s leaders were wealthy slaveholders who used their blood money to build churches, seminaries, and missions across the South.
· Trinity Church in Boston: Built in 1733, this church was funded in part by the wealth of wealthy merchants who made their fortunes in the slave trade, including members of the Royall family, who owned over 1,000 enslaved people across multiple plantations.
· St. Michael’s Church in Charleston, South Carolina: Built in 1761, this church was funded by wealthy plantation owners, including the wealthy Middleton family, who owned thousands of enslaved people.
One of the most prominent examples is the Rhett family of South Carolina. Robert Barnwell Rhett, a wealthy slaveholder, helped fund several churches in the Charleston area. His family owned over 1,000 enslaved people across multiple plantations.
This is not Christianity. This is blasphemy.
Their money was soaked in blood. Every church pew, every stained glass window, every church building funded by slave profits was built on the backs of enslaved human beings.
The blood of 246 years cries out against them.
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THE COTTON FIELDS: A LIVING HELL UNDER THE SCORCHING SUN
Once they arrived in America, the horror did not end. It continued for generation after generation on plantations across the South, especially in the cotton fields.
Worked from Dawn to Dusk Under the Broiling Sun:
Enslaved people worked from dawn to dusk — up to 18 hours a day — under the scorching Southern sun. They were forced to pick cotton “beneath the broiling sun, driven by a brutal overseer sitting on a horse, with a whip in his hand, which he delighted to crack over them, or to bring down upon the back of any one that lagged.”
The Sun Exposure Was Brutal — and Deadly:
The Southern sun was so intense that it would likely have killed fair-skinned individuals with low melanin — like myself, with pale Irish-Scottish skin that burns and blisters within hours. The sun exposure was physically unbearable for anyone, but enslaved Black people were forced to endure this day after day, year after year, with no protection, no shade, and no mercy.
Many collapsed from heat exhaustion and sunstroke. But if they couldn’t get up, the overseer — the slave driver who enforced the quota with a whip — would beat them to death right there in the fields. Others were left to die where they fell, their bodies baking in the sun as a warning to the others.
The Quotas Were Designed to Break Them:
In 1801, each worker picked an average of 28 pounds of cotton a day. By 1840, the figure was as much as 341 pounds — an increase of over 400 percent, sparked by higher quotas and the terror of the whip. An average sack full of cotton weighed 75 to 100 pounds, and each person was required to fill three to five sacks a day. This demanded strength and dexterity — and it was physically impossible for many.
If the Haul Came Up Light, They Were Whipped:
If workers failed to meet the daily quota, they were whipped or beaten. Enslaved workers placed each cotton boll into a sack slung around their necks. Their haul would be weighed after the sunlight stalked away from the fields. If the haul came up light, enslaved workers were often whipped.
Mothers Forced to Work While Their Babies Starved:
Cotton planters “never allow a slave mother time to go to the house, or quarter during the day to nurse her child.” Mothers had to carry their babies to the cotton fields and tie them in the shade while they worked. One in four children did not survive their first year.
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THE WHIP: AN INSTRUMENT OF TERROR AND DEATH
The whip was not just a tool of punishment — it was a weapon of terror designed to break the human spirit.
“Shoving their heads in the basket, [the overseer] would pull up their dresses and beat them until the blood ran down their backs.” Torture wasn’t an aberration — it was the basic means of extracting ever more production from enslaved people.
Slaveholders whipped, shackled, hanged, beat, burned, mutilated, branded, and imprisoned slaves. Punishment was often meted out in response to disobedience or perceived infractions, but sometimes abuse was carried out simply to reassert the dominance of the master or overseer.
The Virginia Slave Code of 1705 declared that for major offenses, slaves should suffer sixty lashes, be placed in the stocks, and have their ears cut off. For minor offenses, the person was to be whipped, branded, or maimed.
If workers failed to meet the daily quota, they were beaten to death. The requisite qualifications in an overseer were “utter heartlessness, brutality and cruelty.” It was the overseer’s business to produce large crops — and if that was accomplished, “no matter what amount of suffering it may have cost.”
Overseers used punishment gear like neck braces, balls and chains, leg irons, and paddles with holes to produce blood blisters. Slaves lived in constant terror of both physical violence and separation from family and friends.
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DEPRIVED OF BASIC NECESSITIES
Food:
Slaves were given bare minimum rations — just enough to keep them alive so they could continue working. The standard rations were cornmeal and salted fish or pork. Weekly rations were widely considered insufficient for the physical labor required. Malnutrition was endemic. The enslaved were fed or famished at the discretion of their owner, like other working animals.
Clothing:
Slaves were given minimal clothing — often just enough to cover their bodies for work. The quality was poor, the quantity insufficient.
Housing:
Slaves lived in “slave quarters” — crude cabins with dirt floors, roofs that leaked, and walls with gaping holes. These cabins were nothing more than a place to sleep, appearing to be simply one more of the penalties of being a slave.
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FAMILIES TORN APART
Of all the many horrors of slavery, the cruelest was the separation of families.
· Roughly half of all enslaved people were separated from their spouses and parents.
· About one in four of those sold were children.
· At least 10 to 20 percent of slave marriages were destroyed by sale.
· Over the course of a 35-year lifetime, a slave had a fifty-fifty chance of being sold at least once.
· Over a third of all slave children grew up in households from which one or both parents were absent.
Husbands were sold away from wives. Children were torn from mothers. Fathers were sent down river and never saw their families again.
In his memoir “Twelve Years a Slave,” Solomon Northup described a slave auction where a woman named Eliza and her little daughter, Emily, were sold to different buyers: “Never have I seen such an exhibition of intense, unmeasured and unbounded grief.”
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THE SYSTEMATIC RAPE OF ENSLAVED WOMEN
It is impossible to separate histories of sexual violence and the enslavement of Black women in the antebellum South. Rape permeated the lives of all who existed within the slave system.
White masters and overseers regularly raped enslaved women. The offspring of slave women with a man of any race were born into slavery. Some masters took slave mistresses and concubines. One ex-slave remembered that his master “would ship…husbands out of bed and get in with their wives.”
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THE WISDOM OF THE NEW TESTAMENT: SURVIVAL, NOT ENDORSEMENT
The Apostle Paul, Peter, and Titus wrote their instructions to enslaved believers not as an endorsement of slavery, but as a survival manual. In the Roman Empire, slaves who rebelled were crucified, fed to wild animals, or tortured to death. Open rebellion was not just dangerous — it was suicidal.
The Brutal Reality of Roman Rule:
The Roman Empire ruled with an iron fist. The Colosseum, a massive arena that could hold 50,000 to 80,000 spectators, was the center of Roman entertainment. Christians were a favorite target. They were:
· Crucified — nailed to crosses and left to die in public view.
· Burned alive — used as human torches to light Nero’s gardens.
· Fed to wild animals — lions, leopards, and bears were released into the arena to tear them apart.
· Forced to fight gladiators — armed professional killers who would slaughter them for sport.
One of the most famous examples is the martyrdom of Ignatius of Antioch, who was brought to Rome and thrown to the wild beasts in the Colosseum around 107 AD. He famously declared: “I am the wheat of God, and I am ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of Christ.”
In this context, Paul, Peter, and Titus were not telling slaves to accept slavery — they were telling them to survive until God delivered them.
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The Scriptures of Survival
“Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.” — Ephesians 6:5
“Slaves, obey your human masters in everything; don’t work only while being watched in order to please men, but work wholeheartedly fearing the Lord.” — Colossians 3:22
“Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle masters, but also to the cruel ones.” — 1 Peter 2:18
“Slaves, are to be submissive to their masters in everything, and to be well pleasing, not talking back.” — Titus 2:9
What the slave owners claimed: That these scriptures demanded absolute obedience, even to cruel masters.
The truth: These were survival instructions — not theological endorsements of slavery. Paul, Peter, and Titus were writing to enslaved Christians who lived in a world where rebellion meant certain death by crucifixion, gladiatorial combat, or being torn apart by wild animals in the Colosseum. They were telling these believers to survive, to avoid giving their masters any excuse to kill them, and to trust in God’s deliverance.
Paul also wrote to masters:
“Masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.” — Ephesians 6:9
The true Gospel is one of deliverance — not chains. The same God who heard the cries of the Israelites in Egypt and sent Moses to set them free hears the cries of all who are oppressed.
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THE SPIRITUAL BETRAYAL: THE BIBLE TWISTED TO JUSTIFY EVIL
The slave owners did not just steal bodies — they stole the Word of God and twisted it to justify their wickedness. As one scholar wrote, “The twisted interpretation of Christianity by pro-slavery advocates in the Confederacy is one of the most troubling and insidious chapters in American history”.
Here are the “weaponized” scriptures they used to beat slaves into submission — not just physically, but spiritually:
The “Curse of Ham” — Genesis 9:18-27
What they claimed: That Noah cursed Ham’s descendants to be “servants of servants” — and that Black people were the descendants of Ham, destined by God to be enslaved.
The truth: There is no basis in the actual text for this racialized interpretation. It was an invention, “a convenient way to justify a system that was cruel and inhumane”. This false interpretation surfaced in the American colonies in the late 1600s.
The Argument from Silence
Pro-slavery advocates argued that since Jesus never condemned slavery by name, He must have approved of it. They also pointed to the Old Testament to show that slavery was common among the Israelites.
The truth: Jesus’s entire ministry was about liberation. His first public sermon was about setting captives free. “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free.” (Luke 4:18) Jesus didn’t need to condemn slavery by name — He came to destroy every chain.
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THE TRUE MESSAGE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT: EQUALITY AND FREEDOM
The same Apostle Paul who wrote “slaves, obey your masters” also wrote:
“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” — Galatians 3:28
And in his letter to Philemon, Paul told a Christian slave owner to receive the runaway slave Onesimus back “no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a dear brother… both in the flesh and in the Lord.” (Philemon 1:16)
Paul was not just asking for Onesimus to be forgiven — he was undermining the entire institution of slavery by calling a slave a “brother.”
The Gospel transforms relationships. It does not preserve injustice.
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GOD IS THE GOD OF DELIVERANCE
The Bible is clear from the very beginning: God hates slavery and oppression.
“I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians.” — Exodus 3:7-8
God did not tell the Israelites to “submit” to their Egyptian masters. He did not tell them to “obey” Pharaoh. He delivered them. He sent plagues. He parted the Red Sea. He drowned the slave masters.
God is a deliverer. He is not a slaveholder.
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JESUS CAME TO SET THE CAPTIVES FREE
The slave owners who twisted the Bible to justify their wickedness ignored the central message of Scripture: God is a deliverer.
· Jesus said: “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free.” — Luke 4:18
· Jesus said: “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” — John 10:10
· Jesus said: “If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” — John 8:36
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THE HYPOCRISY EXPOSED
The slave owners who used the Bible to justify slavery were guilty of blasphemy. They took the Word of God — which is a book of liberation, justice, and freedom — and twisted it to support their greed and cruelty.
They ignored the Exodus. They ignored the prophets. They ignored the words of Jesus. They ignored Paul’s vision of equality in Christ. They cherry-picked verses to keep their victims in chains while they grew rich off the blood of the innocent.
This is not Christianity. This is blasphemy.
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THE MASSACHUSETTS ABOLITION MOVEMENT: LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
While the South built its economy on human flesh, the North — and especially Massachusetts — became the center of the abolitionist movement that would eventually help end slavery.
William Lloyd Garrison:
Garrison was one of the most prominent abolitionists in the country, the editor of The Liberator, a weekly newspaper that was fervently anti-slavery and for the rights of African Americans. He and his followers argued for a complete reform of society and for disunion — the secession of the North from the South — to break the immoral Constitutional connection with slavery.
Frederick Douglass:
Born into slavery in Maryland in 1818, Douglass survived the traumas and tragedies of life as an enslaved person. At age 11, he began to listen carefully to the reading of the Bible aloud by Sophia Auld, wife of his owner Hugh Auld. When her husband discovered this, he declared: “If he learns to read the Bible it will forever unfit him to be a slave.” But Douglass continued to learn in secret, using the Bible to teach other slaves to read.
After escaping from slavery in Maryland in 1838, Douglass became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, becoming famous for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings. In Massachusetts, Douglass met abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and used his brilliant oratorical skills to speak out against slavery — becoming the most famous Black man of his time.
The Underground Railroad in Boston:
Boston became a key center of the Underground Railroad. Lewis and Harriet Hayden — who escaped from slavery in Kentucky in 1844 — became leaders in Boston’s abolition movement and opened their home to African Americans fleeing slavery. Their Southac Street home (now 66 Phillips Street) became a stop on the Underground Railroad. Lewis Hayden later became the first African-American state government employee in Massachusetts and a member of the Massachusetts General Court.
Other Massachusetts abolitionists included William Ingersoll Bowditch, a Boston lawyer who aided freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad as a member of the Boston Vigilance Committee, and Joshua Bowen Smith, an abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, co-founder of the New England Freedom Association, and Massachusetts state legislator.
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FREDERICK DOUGLASS: FROM SLAVE TO SCHOLAR TO STATESMAN
Frederick Douglass’s story is one of the greatest testimonies to the power of the Gospel and the resilience of the human spirit.
Learning to Read the Bible:
Douglass’s mistress, Sophia Auld, taught him to read using the Bible. “The frequent hearing of my mistress reading the Bible aloud… awakened my curiosity in respect to this mystery of reading, and roused in me the desire to learn.” When her husband forbade it, Douglass continued to learn in secret. He persuaded other slaves to meet for the purpose of “improving the mind and heart, by learning to read the sacred scriptures.”
Becoming a Great Scholar and Bible Teacher:
Douglass taught himself to read and write and used his skills to educate other slaves. After escaping, he published three autobiographies, delivered thousands of speeches, and edited the longest-running Black newspaper in the nineteenth century, The North Star. He became one of the great public lecturers of the 19th century.
The Gospel Set Him Free:
Douglass understood that the Gospel of Jesus Christ was the true path to freedom — not just physical freedom, but spiritual freedom. He used the Bible to teach other slaves to read and to show them that God created all people equal. His life is a testimony that the Gospel can lift up even the lowest and make them great.
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THE REPUBLICAN PARTY: THE PARTY THAT ENDED SLAVERY
The Republican Party was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed for the potential expansion of chattel slavery into the western territories. The party was founded on the principle of abolishing slavery.
Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves in Confederate territory were to be set free. Lincoln and the Republican Party fought to end slavery and preserve the Union.
After the Civil War, the Republican Party led Reconstruction — the effort to rebuild the Southern states and secure the rights of freed slaves. Black Americans actively participated in the political process during this era.
African American political leaders emerged during Reconstruction, including individuals who had been free before the Civil War, artisans, Civil War veterans, and formerly enslaved ministers. Black activists had been advocating for the civil and political rights of free people of color as well as the abolition of slavery since long before the Civil War.
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A FINAL REFLECTION: THE FOUNDING FATHERS AND THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY
The history of the Founding Fathers is deeply complicated. Some were genuine Christians who ultimately did the right thing — while others lived in hypocrisy, claiming liberty while holding their fellow human beings in chains.
George Washington: A Testament of Genuine Christian Faith
Washington stands alone among the Founding Fathers as the only major slaveholder who freed all of his slaves in his will.
· At the time of his death, there were 317 enslaved people at Mount Vernon.
· Of these, 123 were owned by Washington personally.
· In his will, written in 1799, Washington explicitly directed that all of his personal slaves be freed after his wife Martha’s death.
· His will also provided that elderly and infirm slaves should be cared for, and that younger slaves should be taught to read and write and trained in a useful skill.
· Martha Washington, fearing for her safety, signed an order freeing Washington’s personal slaves on December 15, 1800 — a year before her own death. They were officially freed on January 1, 1801.
This is a powerful testimony to Washington’s Christian faith. In his final will and testimony, he proved that he was a true Christian man by doing what was right — setting the captives free.
Thomas Jefferson: The Debt of a Slaveholder
Jefferson stands in stark contrast to Washington.
· Jefferson owned over 600 enslaved people over his lifetime.
· In his will, he freed only five enslaved people — all of whom were members of the Hemings family, including his own children (or likely so) with Sally Hemings.
· He requested that the Virginia legislature allow the remaining Hemings family members to remain in Virginia, but he did not free any other enslaved people.
· After his death, his estate was deeply in debt — he owed over $107,000 (equivalent to millions today). His remaining 130 enslaved people were sold at auction to pay off his debts.
· Unlike Washington, Jefferson’s will did not call for the emancipation of his enslaved workforce.
Jefferson wrote that “all men are created equal” — but he lived as a slaveholder, and he died as one.
Other Founding Fathers
Founder Did they free slaves? Details
George Washington ✅ Yes (personal slaves) Freed all 123 of his personal slaves in his will. Proved he was a true Christian man by his final act.
Thomas Jefferson ❌ No Freed only 5 (his own children with Sally Hemings). 130+ were sold after his death to pay his debts.
James Madison ❌ No Did not free any slaves in his will. His estate sold many after his death.
James Monroe ❌ No Did not free any slaves. His estate was heavily in debt.
John Adams ✅ Yes Never owned slaves. Was morally opposed to slavery.
Benjamin Franklin ✅ Yes Became an abolitionist later in life. Freed his two slaves and became president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society.
Alexander Hamilton ✅ Yes Was a founding member of the New York Manumission Society and actively worked to end slavery.
Patrick Henry ❌ No Despite saying “Give me liberty or give me death,” he owned over 60 slaves and never freed them.
Robert Carter III ✅ Yes A Virginia planter who, in 1791, filed a “Deed of Gift” freeing over 500 slaves — the largest emancipation by a single individual before Lincoln.
A Powerful Contrast
George Washington — the greatest of the Founding Fathers — showed true Christian character in his final act. He freed his slaves because he knew it was right in the eyes of God. He proved that he was a true Christian man by his final will and testimony.
Thomas Jefferson — who wrote “all men are created equal” — could not bring himself to do the same. He died in debt, and his slaves were sold to pay for his lifestyle.
This is a lesson for all of us: It’s not what we say that matters — it’s what we do.
“Faith without works is dead.” — James 2:26
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THE POLITICAL LEADERS WHO SUPPORTED SLAVERY
Many American political leaders, including Presidents, Senators, and Congressmen, were slave owners or supported the institution of slavery:
· Andrew Jackson — 7th President of the United States, slave owner. He never questioned slavery and showed no moral unease about it. He personally owned 95 slaves, and he and his direct heirs owned 325 slaves between 1788 and 1865. He also signed the Indian Removal Act, forcing Native Americans from their lands.
· John C. Calhoun — Vice President and Senator, the “voice of the South,” who defended slavery as a “positive good.” He argued that slavery was a more humane labor system than the wage labor of Northern industrial cities.
· Jefferson Davis — President of the Confederacy, slave owner. He owned a cotton plantation where he enslaved as many as 113 people. He was a staunch advocate for slavery and states’ rights, and became the spokesperson for the Southern slave-holding aristocracy.
These men built their wealth, their power, and their legacy on the blood of enslaved human beings.
But God raised up the abolition movement — men and women who dared to speak truth to power, who risked their lives to free the enslaved, who believed that all men are created equal and that God is no respecter of persons.
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THE CALL TO REPENTANCE
The Holy Scriptures give us a clear path forward:
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” — 2 Chronicles 7:14
I am calling on believers — especially those in churches that benefited from or remained silent during slavery — to join me in a public act of repentance.
We must:
1. Humble ourselves: Acknowledge the historical truth and listen to the voices of Black Americans.
2. Pray: Intercede for the healing of families and communities torn apart by slavery.
3. Turn from wickedness: Reject the spirit of greed, racism, and dehumanization that fueled slavery.
4. Seek justice: Support Black-led ministries, advocate for reparative justice, and work to heal the wounds that still exist today.
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A CLOSING PRAYER
Lord, we come before You with broken hearts. We confess the sins of our nation against the millions of Africans who were stolen from their homes, stacked like cargo, and forced into slavery.
We repent for the brutal voyage across the Atlantic. We repent for the slave ships. We repent for the chains. We repent for the whips. We repent for the brands. We repent for the rapes. We repent for the families torn apart. We repent for the 246 years of brutality.
We repent for the cotton fields. We repent for the broiling sun. We repent for the quotas. We repent for the overseers. We repent for the starvation rations. We repent for the dirt-floor cabins. We repent for the children who never saw their first birthday.
We repent for the churches that remained silent. We repent for the Bible verses twisted to justify evil. We repent for the dehumanization of Your precious children.
We repent for the blood money that financed churches. We repent for the slave owners who sat in pews on Sunday after beating their slaves on Saturday. We repent for the blasphemy of calling themselves Christians while holding their brothers and sisters in chains.
We thank You for the abolitionists. We thank You for William Lloyd Garrison. We thank You for Frederick Douglass. We thank You for the Underground Railroad. We thank You for the Republican Party that ended slavery. We thank You for the Gospel that sets captives free.
We thank You that You are the God of deliverance — the same God who heard the cries of Israel in Egypt and brought them out with a mighty hand. We trust that You will deliver all who are oppressed.
We thank You for the testimony of George Washington — who proved that he was a true Christian man by freeing his slaves in his final will and testimony. May his example inspire Christians today to live out their faith with courage, integrity, and a commitment to justice, showing the world what true Christianity looks like.
Wash us clean. Heal the wounds of our Black brothers and sisters. Raise up Black pastors and prophets to lead this movement of truth and reconciliation.
We ask this in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen. 🙏🇺🇸
📢 WHAT YOU CAN DO
Here is the reality of this campaign:
The single greatest challenge I face is not winning the election — it is getting my name on the ballot in all 50 states.
I am running as a Republican, but as a Republican, I still need to gather thousands of signatures from registered voters in every state just to qualify for the primary ballot. I will be running against other Republican leaders such as JD Vance and Marco Rubio — but I cannot even face them at the ballot box unless I first get on the ballot.
Every state has its own ballot access laws. Some states require thousands of signatures. Some require tens of thousands. Each state has different rules, different deadlines, and different petition forms. This is a massive undertaking — and I cannot do it alone.
This is where I need you.
I am building an Army of Grassroots Volunteers — a Signature Gathering Army — to help me get on the ballot in every American state.
If I can get on the ballots, I can win this election. But getting on the ballot is the most difficult battle we face. We need to organize petition drives, set up tables at community events, churches, farmers markets, and fairgrounds, and collect the required number of valid signatures from registered voters in each state.
If I cannot get on the ballot, I cannot win. But if we work together — state by state, signature by signature — we can overcome this hurdle and give the American people a real choice.
Prayerfully consider being a grassroots volunteer signature gatherer. Whether you can gather signatures yourself, recruit others, or help coordinate volunteers in your state, your help is urgently needed. Every signature brings us one step closer to restoring faith, freedom, and the American Dream to this nation.
Will you answer the call?
I’m calling on all Christian leaders and believers to seriously pray about if this John Rice is sent by God to help bring a Christian revival and constitutional Patriot movement, to bring restoration back to original Constitutional values of the Founding Fathers.
Stay tuned for more updates, policy announcements, and ways to get involved. Send me DMs, emails, or text messages if you are interested in joining history as this is the last chance for Christians and American Patriot lovers to take over the government to lift up Jesus in America and truly give Americans an opportunity for the American dream we’ve all been chasing and haven’t been catching, but now is our chance.
Contact Information:
📩 Email: johnriceforpresident@gmail.com
💬 Facebook DM: Send me a direct message here on Facebook or X.
📞 Phone: For volunteers and supporters who would like to speak with me directly, simply send an email or Facebook DM requesting a call, and I will personally reach out to you.
God bless America and God bless the Patriots who will save her.”
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“Only citizens vote. And every citizen can. Let’s do this.”
🇺🇸 REVIVAL IN THE USA! 🇺🇸 🔥🕊️🙏
God bless you, and God bless America.
🙏🇺🇸 JOHN RICE 2028! 🇺🇸🙏”
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— John Rice 🤓🙏🇺🇸
Republican Candidate for President of the United States
A hard-working Common American
A Revelation End-Times Messenger
