Did black American abolitionists compare their plight to the plight of the Jews in the Book of Exodus? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

Did black American abolitionists compare their plight to the plight of the Jews in the Book of Exodus?

by fenjacobs

Did they see Moses in a positive light? Did they see the enslavement of the Jews in Egypt as being applicable to their own hardship in the Americas?

voyeur324

/u/sowser has answered How did plantation preachers treat the story of Moses and its anti-slavery elements? See also Eugene Genovese's Roll, Jordan, Roll.