Pros And Cons Of Abolish Slavery

    In addition to the history of slavery in the U.S. Foner also talks about not only the South 's dependence on slavery, but the North as well. Even though the Northern states abolished slavery, cotton was necessary for making textiles in the industrial factories in the North. As slavery continued so did the need for it, and the economy began to rely on it. It was especially important in the 19th century. Even with the North against slavery, the South kept it, because it was important to make money.

It prompted a certain status, prestige, and recognition for the Europeans and white people. Ego’s rose to a high level, even from the ordinary white people of lower class, and advance racism with this nobility thought to distinguish them self even further from the dark-skinned people that everyone associated with as slavery. African Americans and blackness represented slavery, as they were a different kind of people as they were unintelligent, or of lower intelligence, different physical characteristics, therefore not of the same genetic make-up as the white

It was a burden because of its monopolistic nature. It depended on world conditions, the repulsion of immigrants, and its servitude to Northern manufacturing. The economy would suffer as the rich got richer and the poor got poorer, stifling the American dream and causing a larger gap between the two groups. If the buying conditions for cotton changed, the South’s economy could be ruined.

Slavery was a very divided issue in early American history. It was the backbone of the southern economy and lifestyle, but also a immoral way to treat people that was contradictory to ideals which America liberated itself upon. Slavery continued to expand because of new economic growth, but many slaves were also freed from their bondage during this time because of religion and the new ideologies that America gained in becoming a country. Most slaves responded to these hardships hardship through active and passive resistance, whereas free African Americans became more outspoken and formed communities in response.

Slavery existed heavily in the South by the 1700’s. What started out with indentured servants, quickly but slowly, became slavery in a more brutal and disheartening way. European colonists turned to slavery because for every one indentured servant there were 17 slaves. (Chapter 2, page 46) This made it easier for European colonists to be able to replace slaves rather than waiting for indentured servants. Also, during Bacon’s Rebellion, Europeans quickly learned that servants were dangerous, because they had a right to fight back. Servants expected to be free within seven years in exchange for working the Europeans land. This also created the image that slaves would be easier to control simply because they had nothing to look forward to, once a slave always a slave. Once the Virginia slave law came out, it initially separated blacks and whites by skin color thus beginning the road to the new definition of “race.” In the south, slavery was in higher demand due to the increase of land to grow crops, indigo and tobacco. The more land you had, the more slaves you needed to pick and grow these crops which increased your money value.

More crops also mean there is more of a use for slaves, because crops needed to be picked and harvested, and a team of slaves that worked all day and were paid absolutely nothing was a far more smarter thing to have as opposed to a team of white men that would take breaks and have to be paid money for the work they've done. Slaves can also be bred to make children, who can then be either sold to people who might want them, or to pass down to the owner's children to have in the future. The South believed that they required slaves to keep the cotton industry

The South considered slaves to be an economic necessity. According to a chart that displays the number of slaves and the amount of cotton produced, the amount of cotton produced appears to be proportional to the number of slaves in the South (Document A). Cotton, which is the main cash crop of the South, is dependent on the slaves picking it. If slavery is abolished, the South’s economy would suffer severely. The South’s fears only increased with the fervor of the Northern abolitionists.

The introduction of slavery in the Southern colonies helped the development of their economy. The plantation owners had no choice but to turn to slaves because of the lack of colonial workers and indentured servants. Slaves increased the productivity and profits generated by the huge plantations in the South because they had advantages over indentured servants. It also caused the South grow and develop different from the North, which would later lead to conflict between the two.

The existence of slavery provided a flexible system of forced labor. It permitted operations on a scale impossible for the family labor system of the North. Finally, the cotton economy benefitted from the South’s natural transportation system. This made shipping very easy and

Slavery had most of the black population in the south, on the plantations, picking cotton. Even with all of unjust labor and terror, there was still hope, there was still a chance of freedom. The civil war had gave that hope. If the Union was to win the civil war the slaves would be free people. But before all the war, before the Election of 1860 before everything let us go back to see what led up to this.

The institution of slavery formed as slavery grew and the southern economy became more dependent on slaves. If slavery had been abolished earlier the whole economy would have crashed. Slaves were imported from Africa in huge numbers to work on Southern cotton plantations. When slavery was an issue in the civil war the south could not afford to abolish it completely and rapidly without losing their entire economy.

During the nineteenth century in America the issue of slavery became a huge ordeal between many groups of people. In the South this issue was more prominent than in the North due to many factors, which included the economy, way of life, and beliefs of southern whites. The need for slaves increased after the invention of the cotton gin so slaves were high in demand for processing cotton. In the South, the economical system revolved around the use of slaves due to the strong agricultural economy that had been formed. Justifications such as the use of the Gospel, and examining how slavery helped to boost the economy gave the whites all the reason more to keep slavery around. Slavery was a way of life for many generations and it had no signs of changing no matter how bad the North pushed the issue that slavery was wrong.

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.

The primary reason slavery was so difficult to abolish was that the economy relied heavily upon it. In 1607, the “starving time” negatively affected the colonists. They needed a new crop to grow, and they found it in Tobacco. After it was successfully sent to England in 1617, the Colonists ultimately decided that they needed labor to sustain production. They first thought of having the Indians work for them, but the Colonists would be too outnumbered by the Indians, and the Indians also knew the land better. After seeing that one million slaves were used in South America and Spanish Territories, they felt that African slaves would best meet their economic needs. Another economic reason was that the Slave trade was very profitable and played a role in the “triangular trade” that shaped the economy of this time. There was such an opportunity for profit that slaves “were packed aboard

In order to talk about the abolition of slavery it is necessary to know the meaning of slavery and abolition. According to Dictionary.com the word “Slave means: a person entirely under the domination of some influence or person and abolition means: “the legal prohibition and ending of slavery, especially of slavery of blacks in the U.S.” Now that both words were defined we can begin. “It is said that the first African slaves were brought to the United States near the English Colony back in 1619 to Jamestown, Virginia by some Dutch traders. If we were to discuss the origins of slavery we would have to start not in the United States, but we would have to shift gears to Brazil were they were the biggest slaves traders of all times” according to History.net