“ The slaves had, as a rule, received no instruction whatever before this ceremony, and many, perhaps most, of them had had no previous indication that there was such a thing as a Christian God.
وعموما ،‏ لم يكن العبيد ينالون اي تعليم من اي نوع قبل هذا الطقس ؛‏ وكثيرون منهم ،‏ وربما معظمهم ،‏ لم يكونوا قط على علم مسبق بوجود إله عند المسيحيين .‏