▁about ▁abol ition ▁of ▁sla very . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁mission ary ▁churches ▁that ▁led ▁the ▁struggle ▁for ▁the ▁abol ition ▁of ▁sla very ▁were ▁the ▁Mor av ians , ▁Bapt ists , ▁Method ists , ▁and ▁Pres by ter ians . ▁Mission aries ▁were ▁identified ▁with ▁slaves ▁and ▁helped ▁serve ▁their ▁needs . ▁They ▁were ▁a ▁catal yst ▁in ▁transform ing ▁slave ▁soci eties . ▁They ▁taught ▁slaves ▁how ▁to ▁read ▁and ▁write ▁and ▁worked ▁to ▁attract ▁slaves ▁to ▁the ▁word ▁of ▁God . ▁ ▁There ▁was ▁not ▁necessarily ▁a ▁positive ▁response ▁to ▁mission aries ▁in ▁J ama ica . ▁Mission aries ▁tried ▁to ▁transform ▁society ▁and ▁help ▁slaves , ▁but ▁they ▁ultimately ▁failed ▁because ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁attempt ▁to ▁understand ▁African ▁culture ▁and ▁were ▁int ol er ant ▁to ▁the ▁local ▁culture ▁they ▁came ▁into ▁contact ▁with . ▁They ▁also ▁cl ashed ▁with ▁the ▁plant ocracy ▁who ▁were ▁at ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁J ama ican ▁society . ▁The ▁plan ters ▁fe ared ▁mission aries ▁because ▁their ▁work ▁threatened ▁plan ter ' s ▁liv elihood ▁and ▁status . ▁If ▁mission aries ▁taught ▁slaves ▁how ▁to ▁read ▁and ▁write , ▁they ▁were ▁providing ▁slaves ▁with ▁tools ▁that ▁could ▁help ▁them ▁re bel ▁against ▁the ▁plan ter ▁class . ▁ ▁S la very ▁and ▁Protest ant ism ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁more ▁than ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁slave ▁population ▁adopted ▁Christian ity . ▁There ▁was ▁a ▁need ▁for ▁Afr icans ▁who ▁were ▁ens la ved ▁to ▁form ▁a