Helper's Argument Analysis

In McPherson’s “Antebellum Southern Exceptionalism” essay, it is noted that the argument is focused on the fact that although the South was seen as different and exceptional, it was actually the North who had been changing. The South was only keeping the same values and traditions it had been following for years (McPherson 41). One instance where the North’s change is noted is when McPherson demonstrates the percentage of agricultural work in the North and South; "In 1800, 82 percent of the Southern labor force worked in agriculture compared with 68 percent in the free states. By 1860 the Northern share had dropped to 40 percent while the Southern proportion had actually increased slightly, to 84

Southerners defended slavery as a necessary but kindly labor system which served as a civilizing force for the allegedly

In American Slavery 1619-1877 written by American Historian Peter Kolchin, he wrote “south developed as a true slave society, in which slavery served as the bedrock of the economy and of the social order” (Kolchin, Pg 29). This shows that the south relied on Slavery as a means to help run their society because being that the South was prominently farm country they needed to rely on slave labor to grow and sell their crops like cotton, tobacco and wheat which supply majority of their financial income. The south was never evolved into a more practical and modern way of life thus, the demand for slave labor in the south became increasingly more frequent, even when the need for slave labor according to the rest of the world was no longer a necessity. Just like the South, the northern states used slavery as their main source of income at first, however what set the North apart from the south is their advanced thinking. Slavery in the North while legal was not as excessive, in fact according to Kolchin, “ In most of the north, lack of substantial commercial agriculture preclude a demand for large scale forced labor; slaves served in a variety of capabilities, from house service to skilled crafts and day labor, but slavery did not serve as the basis for the economy” (Kolchin, Pg 27.) This depicts that while slaves did serve a purpose in the North’s financial

The Southern States depended on slave labor to thrive. In 1804, the American Convention of Abolition Societies reported that North Carolina considered “the preservation of their lives, and all they hold dear on earth, as depending on the continuance of slavery…” (Levine, 1992) In the first month of the Civil War, Confederate President Jefferson Davis reminded his congress that the Southern states had flourished up to the point based and dependent upon the Negro slave labor. He added proudly, “The labor of African slaves was and is indispensable…” The economic success of the whole of the United States owed over three quarters of its exports to this labor, and “was absolutely necessary

Module 8.1). “Slavery led the South down a very different path of economic developments than

Although they weren’t fully granted all the same basic rights as a white man, freed slaves were still very grateful to many whites. They even saw whites as “instruments in the hand of God,” for the whites not only helped them achieve freedom, but helped them to have better lives (Doc E). Not all whites were radical abolitions who wanted complete and total rights for African Americans, but some took a more moderate standpoint. They still supported the abolitionist cause, but were more fond of the American Colonization Society (Doc H). They merely wanted everyone to revert back to their old ways of life, as if slavery had never taken place. Even some slave owners weren’t completely opposed to the idea of freeing their slaves, and would let their own slaves purchase their freedom (Doc F). In a sense, this shows that slavery was dying out on its own. Freedom for all slaves seemed to be inevitable.

Between the time period of 1840 and 1860, slavery played an influential and pivotal role in the development of a new southern lifestyle. In the struggle for dominance in America, slavery was the South’s stronghold and the underlying cause in much of their motives for many of the economic instigations along with the affirmative political actions. By dominating the everyday southerner’s life, slavery also dominated the economic and political aspects of life during the height of the slavery period. By the 1840’s the Southern economy had become almost entirely slave and and agriculturally dependent. Without the dependence of slaves in the south, a person was to remain landless, poverty stricken or struggling to sustain life through the means

The dehumanization of the slaves made many northerners anti-slavery and since the North had no purpose for them, they were only doing what they thought was right by trying to abolish it. However, in the South the economy is dependent on the slaves because it relies on farming and agriculture. The slaves work the fields harvesting the crops. The emancipation of slaves will ruin the South’s economy because they can’t produce cotton, their staple crop, without slaves. These necessary crops can’t be produced anywhere else besides the Southern plantations, which will end up hurting the economy, causing the whole nation to suffer because they use the crops not only as resources but also for trade (Doc 2).

Slavery was a disgraceful part of our history for many years. Its start grew from a need for a labor source in the new and growing America. The Southern economy thrived from slave labor whereas the North did not rely on the labor of slaves. This paper will prove that slavery failed in the North because in the North there was no need for large labor to support the economic structure compared to the South where slavery was needed to support their economy. There are three main points that will be used to support this. They are; Northern industry and Southern industry were very different, the slave population was smaller in the North because of the different economy in the North, and the smaller slave population and less

The statement from the letter from a fugitive slave suggest that the slave-owner tried to make it seem as though it was a privilege to be a slave. Stating that slaves have a better life than free blacks because they have food, shelter and can receive medical assistance if needed. In reality all she was trying to do was brainwash the slaves into thinking that them not being slaves would make their lives even harder. Now, that statement may not be inaccurate but, a colored person in those times would rather be free and having to worry about where their next meal will come from than to be treated like an animal. In todays society everyone in the country of the united states is supposed to be treated equally but, people of color still have a difficult

In the North, they boomed with industrialization and trade. The Boston Harbor was the biggest trading center in the nation and it was located in the North which made trade a whole lot easier to make a living off of. They had more people, more food, and when the time came, more weapons. However, they had many immigrants coming in from Ellis Island which made more jobs scarce everyday which the Northern people needed to get paid unlike the South who had slaves. The South, however, focused on farming and agriculture. They owned huge plantations filled with cash crops. They didn’t work these plantations though like the North who needed to work themselves, they had slaves to do their work for them. They relied on the North to buy cotton from them as well, so later on, when the North cuts off that spending, it really hurts the Southern economy. By the start of the Civil War, only one-ninth of the country’s industrial productivity was in the South. This is why many immigrants migrated to the Northern area when they came to America because they had so many more opportunities for jobs. By 1860, the South’s population stood at a low nine million while the North stood at a high 23 million due to so many immigrants coming in. (Demand Media,

In James Oakes book, Slavery and Freedom: An Interpretation of the Old South, talks about the relationships between slaves and master liberal capitalism in southern United States during the nineteenth century. Slaves was a name given to blacks because of their color and their freedom once taking away. Freedom and unfreedom are experienced most by human relationship between men and women. The relationship which they produce was to survive and live on to reproduce. Therefore work and society was largely shaped by how people organize their lives.

Both letter to the editor and editorial staff offer position that are supported by both facts and opinions. The letter explores to urges the new reusable bag ordinance while the editorial staff argues that they are serious about making Proposition 328 mandatory in every store. While both side make an acceptable case, it is clear that the letter provides a better argument.

free-labor based economy of the North and the slave-labor based economy of the South which

Besides BonJour's argument of illustrative examples, moderate rationalism is defended by two intimately related dialectical arguments. The argument is that the denial of a priori justification will lead to a severe skepticism, in which only the most direct experience could be justified. Stemming from this severe skepticism, comes the stronger argument that argumentation itself becomes impossible. This essay will describe the distinct segments of the argument and will demonstrate the relationship between the two arguments.