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    The Anebellum Era

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    During the Antebellum Era, slavery was not wrong according to the Constitution. Although slavery was resisted by both blacks and whites and believed to be wrong, while whites still made an attempt to justify the enslavement of African Americans however, their justification is proven wrong in what we have learned so far in this course. The Antebellum Era was a time leading to the American Civil War. It was a period in time in which slavery was legal and many people, blacks, and whites alike resisted

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    time, the concept of popular sovereignty is used for making decisions about topics such as abortion and marijuana; however, in 1858, popular sovereignty was about giving the right to citizens of a state or territory to decide for themselves whether slavery should be legal in that state or territory (Dudley 154). The topic of popular sovereignty was a pressing debate point between the two men running for a U.S. Senate seat in 1858 (Dudley 154). Stephen Douglas was the Illinois U.S. senator who played

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    to get across his beliefs about slavery. The Narrative explores different reasoning’s for slavery and tries to denounce every argument that is used to justify slavery. This topic is something that has very deep meaning to Mr. Douglass, as he himself was a slave. He uses different ways to denounce the very existence of slaves. Frederick Douglass is trying to explain what slavery is really like, through his experiences and his analysis. His firsthand account of slavery brings about a new perspective

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    "Slavery caused racism, but economic motives, not racial impulses, caused slavery.” I completely disagree. This statement suggests that slavery was brought about in hopes of making a living, and money and racism and no play. I personally feel that racism drove the idea of economic motives. I feel this because if there was an idea of making more money why choose black people to enslave? Why not enslave white people, or other races. I feel like that was definitely a hate toward them already, and the

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    Many people wonder, why the Constitution allow slavery to continue? There are many reasons why slavery continues likewise, people wanted to create a federal government for the nation, other wanting to make a profit and other who do not care what happens slavery.Also if slavery end it could stop the Southern states to join the Union. Benjamin Franklin and other wanted to create a federal government for the nation, even if it means to keep slavery. “When you assemble a large group of men, you will

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    Civil War Abolitionists

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    American Civil War, you have several reasons why Southerners felt like the North was acting as an aggressor. These reasons primarily consisted of the North beings seen as a nation full abolitionists, economic stranglers and states rights violators. Although it can be proven that all three reasons were all significant factors in the development of Southern fears of the North, the view that the Northerners were states’ violators can be seen as a more likely reason why the South seceded when it did. Starting

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    Did Rome have slavery? What was Roman slavery like? How did slavery in Rome have an impact Roman society and way of life? Romans just like numerous other places around the world have at one time had slavery. Roman slavery has had a huge impact on the culture and history of Rome, some of these were: why was slavery accepted in Rome, what ways did Romans get slaves, and what type of person was made to be a roman slave? How did Romans view slavery and did they think of it as something wrong to do? Romans

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    What if you were imprisoned and chained to forever labor with no pay? That would the very same situation that a slave would find themselves in. We all know that slavery in a curse to the nation. One who uses slaves and whips them senselessly is a cruel and heartless man. You take the life and soul out of another human who has a family and children just as we do. You whip him until he is nearly dead and keep him alive because he is worth money, but would you do if that was you there and that slave

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    other hand, Theodore Weld fought for an end to slavery and put a lot of time and effort into the cause. Theodore Weld always had a passion for abolition. In his early years, he studied at Phillips Academy. Then, he went to Land Seminary in Ohio. Here, Weld became the leader of the Lane Rebels. This group of students participated in Anti-Slavery debates and decided that they wanted to help free 1500 blacks in Cincinnati. Their main goal was to get slavery, the forbidden topic, into the discussion. However

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    shortly after his death in 1859. Not only is this description true, but it highlights Theodore Weld’s passion to end slavery as a bold abolitionist. His approach to ending slavery was different from other abolitionists; Weld desired to spread education rather than accusation. This resulted in people attaining a better understanding of slavery and knowing the why of how slavery is wrong and oppressive. Weld was also very capable of lecturing and is popularly known as “one of the most fearless and powerful

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