As someone who is descended from black slaves who escaped to Canada from the Southern United States and as a Christian I find this poem to be most interesting. The title lead me to believe that this poem would be about that apostle of Christ who betrayed his Master for thirty pieces of silver. Instead it is about a preacher, an apostle of Christ of sorts who betrays his own flock, manipulating them for their own welfare cheques. The poem shifts to tell us about some kind of criminal, controlling women with prostitution and drugs. When "Mary" quits "Judas" for "Christ", "Judas" has him killed publicly.
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