The brilliance of enslaving the spirit is that it is an invisible prison from which the inmate appears to derive some comfort. For African Americans even that small comfort had to be fought for. I can imagine some wily ancestor pointing out to his master or overseer that, if the God of the Bible had created slaves as well as everybody else, surely He would want them to know how to read about it for themselves.
Trauma bonding,. Loss of identity, disconnection,isolation and disempowerment.The "comfort" derived from this invisible prison can be a coping mechanism, allowing the abused woman to survive the trauma.
