Many missionaries told Africans that their pagan forefathers were being tormented in a fiery hell and that the same fate would befall them if they refused to accept missionary teachings.
Paljud misjonärid rääkisid aafriklastele, et nende paganatest esiisasid piinatakse põrgutules ja et sama saatus tabab neidki, kui nad keelduvad vastu võtmast misjoniõpetusi.