It is sometimes hard to believe that slaves could believe that there was a higher power that cared about them, when they had such great difficulties as they did. Slaves were stripped of their humanity, but were able to maintain it by bonding with other slaves through their religion. The religion they adapted after crossing the Atlantic Ocean was very similar to the Christianity of their slave masters, but with elements of African religions. The most important element of African religion in slave Christianity is whole-body vocal and musical worship. Slave Christianity was able to give slaves something to relate to each other. The story of Abraham's ancestors and their liberation from slavery helped them hope that there could be an end to their slavery. Because Christianity gave them this hope, Christianity played an important role in slave rebellions. There were four major slave rebellions that had religion as a factor that helped the slaves organize and inspire their rebellions. The first was organized by Gabriel Prosser, the second was organized by Denmark Vesey, the third was organized by Nat Turner and the fourth was the Stono Rebellion. There were several sections of the Bible they looked to for inspiration, three of them were Genesis 14, Exodus, and Amos 5. Gabriel Prosser's rebellion was planned for August 1800 in Richmond, Virginia. The plan that Gabriel and the other conspirators came up with was to meet by the river near the plantation. From there they would cross the river and enter the city of Richmond. Once in Richmond they planned to kidnap the governor. The governor of Richmond at the time was James Monroe, the man who would later become the fifth president of the United States... middle of paper... calculator." West Egg.com. Last modified May 12, 2014. http:/ /www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi.“Nat Turner.” Biography.com. Last edited and http://www.biography.com/people/nat-turner-9512211#awesm=~oCqSEDkpEcT8YU.Oates, Stephen B. The Fires of Jubilees: Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion. New York: Harper and Row Publishers, 1975.Ogbomo, Onaiwu W. Slavery in the United States: a social, political and historical encyclopedia, vol. 1, sv “Gabriel Prosser (1776-1800), Albert J. Canaan Land: a religious history of the African Americans. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. “Vesey's Revolt: Never Happened; Planned for June 1822.” Gettysburg.edu. Last edited and http://www3.gettysburg.edu/~tshannon/hist106web/site4/vesey_revolt.htmWaldstreicher, David. The fight against slavery: a history in documents. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.