Answer:
Nelson Mandela
Explanation:
The corrected sentence: 'Contrary to belief, slaves were not always forced into white-led churches but had their own faith practices and even established African-American churches, like the African Methodist Episcopal Church, which offered solace and a space for resistance.'
The sentence that corrects a historical inaccuracy in the passage could be: 'Contrary to beliefs, slaves were not forced to attend white-led plantation churches as some slaves could worship in their own faith practices, sometimes even establishing their own African-American churches, such as the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first independent Black Protestant church in the United States.'
This accounts for the historical fact that African-Americans, though enslaved, found ways to express their faith apart from their white overseers. This was particularly prevalent with the rise of religious movements and the establishment of Black churches, which provided a space for spiritual solace, community fellowship, and the articulation of hope and resistance to slavery in the antebellum south.
For example, the rise of the Methodist and Baptist traditions, encouraged emotional responses to scripture, attracted many enslaved individuals and inspired some to become preachers. Christian hymns, with a particular focus on the biblical story of the Exodus, became a coded language of resistance and a testament to the struggles and future aspirations of enslaved people.
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