Abstract
In favor of slavery the continuance of the institution of slavery of blacks also meaning opposed to interference with it. Those who defended slavery rose to the challenge. Setting forth the
Abolitionists. The supporters of Slavery included economics, history, religion, legality, social good, and even humanitarianism, to further their arguments.
Pro- Slavery Argument
What was once called a necessary evil by white southerners, due to the legacy that was passed down from pass generations? Slavery in the early nineteenth century had no need to be defended due to there being no attack to the institution from the outside. But before in 1830 –
1850 slavery to be seen to be a positive thing. By politicians, intellectuals, and evangelical ministers. After the turning point of
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But before in 1830 – 1850 slavery to be seen to be a positive thing. By politicians, intellectuals, and evangelical ministers. After the turning point of Nat
Turner’s Rebellion and the abolitionist crusade.
Black people was seen as people who were not made to have freedom. They are naturally inferior to white people and lazy. And freeing them would lead to a widespread of unemployment and chaos and a without them having the controls of slavery there is no way for blacks and whites to collaborate. The word emancipation was the lead to many problems just the thought of seeing a free black person walking around made people skin crawl but not just the southerners, also some northerners. It’s recorded that in the 1850 it was common to hear farmers say that they wish niggers was never here but they still can imagine the thought of seeing them free. In the south black slaves help lower the amount of work that the whites had to perform.
Leading to white men being removed from politics.
People who were for slavery believed that because Jesus did not speak out against slavery mean that it was not a problem. Using bible figures as examples of why slavery is ok,
Slavery was an awful thing that lasted in the United States from August 1619 and ended in 1865. The period from 1776 to 1852 was a very eventful time for the opposition of slavery in the United States. One of the main events of this time period was the growing opposition of slavery. The main reasons for the growing opposition of slavery was because the North didn’t need slaves to produce their exports effectively, Anti-Slave Societies, and Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Slavery was the most popular form of labor during the growth of American society. For many, this was all they knew despite being an inhumane way to live. Slavery caused physical and emotional damage to African Americans of this time. As society progressed many begin to realize how wrong this actually was. Even though there are many causes of the growing opposition to slavery in the United States from 1776 to 1852, the main reasons were a changes in social morals, political ideas, and the mass production of anti-slavery newspapers,books, and posters.
They justified this notion because they thought blacks did not have the intelligence, emotion or importance to be involved in society. In addition, they believed slaves “liked” being enslaved, because the slave owners treated them to food and shelter. Southerners were scared that black people would rebel because of civil unrest, rioting, and violence. These creation and ramifications of the market revolution shaped the Old South’s into its single-minded
Slaves were needed for cotton tobacco, and rice economies. They also thought that if slaves were freed then it would cause widespread unemployment. They even used the Bible to defend their stance. For example: during Jesus’ ministry we have no record of him speaking on the issue, in fact, in the New Testament Paul tells us how to treat our slaves
During this time period, the treatment of slaves improved because they were treated more like humans rather than farm animal. Some slave owners even allowed their slaves to purchase their freedom by working for them for a certain amount of time. Some African American slaves were not as lucky for their masters forbid them to do so (Doc F). As the North finally gets rid of all slave activity, the South becomes more and more dependent on slave labor and more embedded into the system.
Second the abolishment of slavery in the northern states showed that people of that era knew it was morally wrong. However, slavery was such a big part of the southern economy that money won out over morality. Though slavery had been a long standing tradition in the south. They seemed to feel it necessary to pass laws to further oppress the African-American’s. Such as, forbidding whites from teaching blacks to read and right.
The Revolutionary War was fought on principles of liberty, freedom, and justice for all - but when the dust had settled, and the Constitution finally agreed upon, the American people still owned slaves. The right to own other people was a cornerstone of American culture, and a major driver of its economy - it was unlikely to simple go away. Ironically, patriots would use a great deal of anti-slavery rhetoric to illustrate their struggle against the British, but in the aftermath of revolution, it became clear that “all men” did not include black men. Slavery, as it is properly understood, is a terrible institution that relies on oppression. Oftentimes, it used brutality and torture to keep productivity high. Such an oppressive system invites
In 1860 there was about four million African Americans living in the south and out of those four million there was only 260,000 of freed African Americans. Slaves lived a hard and cruel life day in and day out. Living a life where white southerners were their masters and controlled every aspect of their lives, from what they had to do through out the day, if they can marry, they could not have authority over their children, if they would be able to have an intact family and before they taught about doing anything they had to think abut the consequences that would come with it and these are just a few examples of the many horrible things they had to go through, put in simple words slaves where not free. There were many reasons why white southerners supported slavery, why they thought the way they did towards slaves, and why the slave trade was easier to end than slavery
Slaves were an economic positive but a social negative in history. They helped the economics of the country thrive and grow, but it was also a insult of a race. Africans also had a history that they should have been proud to have. Instead, they were denied their heritage and were made to be ashamed of the people that they were. The development of slavery was the white slave owners ' way to maintain control of the growing population of Africans, socially and industrially. If the slaves were confined to the fields of the plantations for supervision, the whites would remain dominant race and maintain their theory of "white supremacy." It also freed the slave owners from the worries of labor
The growth of antislavery in the United States in the early to mid-1800s was taken by many but also took numerous years to be totally antislavery. Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal” and yet numerous people did not follow or believe in this until the Second Great Awakening. Quakers had thought that since colonial times that it was a sin to own another, they also stated that in the eyes of God that all men were created equal and believed in it. By 1804 slavery in the Northern states stretching from Pennsylvania to New England hand promised to be free states, yet the South was still in slavery. One way that helped stopped slavery in the South was the American Colonization Society, which helped
The issue of slavery was becoming more and more prominent in the years between 1820 and 1865, and was creating a lot of sectional tension between the North, who tended to hold abolitionist beliefs, and the South, who were generally pro-slavery. Many arguments were used to defend slavery, but many of these arguments ignored some crucial details. For instance, moral arguments against slavery tended to ignore the horrible conditions slaves were forced to live in; economic arguments ignored many viable solutions to their problem; and political arguments ignored blatant bias.
Religious justifications played a significant function in the intellectual maintenance and creation of racial hierarchies’ construction. According to Finkelman, the religious defenses of slavery fit together with the White’s assumption about race. Ministers from the South all agreed that only Slavery could impose Christian morality upon the Blacks. In addition, they urged Masters to respect marriages between slaves by avoiding sexual exploitation of their slaves. In this way, Southerners justified slavery as an institution, which proved beneficial to slaves due to the generous and humane side based on Christianity.
During the 19th century slavery was a very prominent and controversial issue between the north and the southern states. In the South, most people believed that slavery was a profitable way of life and if the slavery was to be abolished it would then affect their economy. On the hand the northern had different opinions about slavery and intended to stop it. The fact that the perception were different between the two led to a very difficult situation in resolving the issue.
In the nineteenth century, supporters of slavery used legal, religious, and economic arguments to defend the institution of slavery. Southern plantation owners depended heavily on slavery. Cotton, their main export, required tedious slave labor. Thus, southern supporters of slavery employed whatever tactics they could in order to keep their slaves from emancipation, which worked and extended slavery for a few more decades. As the abolition movement picked up, southerners became organized in their support of slavery in what became known as the pro-slavery movement.
The movement to eliminate slavery in the United States during the antebellum years was difficult and did not go unchallenged as there were many people who were pro-slavery while others were anti-slavery. Before the Civil War there was debate over the issue of slavery. Slaves were considered property, and were property because they were black. Many people in the South were strong advocates of slavery, while people in the North were opposed to it. In the South, slavery was a social and powerful economic institution. During this period in the south Pro-Slavery activists did not empathize with the system and conditions the