Benefits Of Slavery

In 1619 Jamestown, Virginia was an isolated British settlement. It was sparsely populated and had a goal of trying to make the colony profitable for Great Britain. They were in constant in conflict with hunger, disease and raids by Native Americans. So when the “White Lion” a badly damage Dutch ship arrived carrying twenty kidnaped African Americans, slavery spread throughout the American colonies like a disease. The colonist did not know where to place the African Americans so they put them to work with the poor white Europeans as indentured servants. They were to earn land and freedom in seven years. Colonist began to notice that slaves were a cheaper and a more plentiful labor source than indentured servants for the colonist. Slaves did not gain freedom or earn land .The colonies’ prospered from slavery because African Americans were not subjected to English common law, they were working without rights. The Africans Americans were not citizens, …show more content…
We need to keep slavery because it does nothing but benefit us. It brings us wealth at a reasonable price. Slaves may be overpriced, but a great investment over time.
Slavery has been legal since 1641, so why do we want to stop now? The constitution doesn’t say anything about not being able to own slaves. The Northwest Ordinances and The Missouri comprise made and passed by the United States officials allows slavery in the United States. The 10th amendment states “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people”, therefore if we the people living in the south want slavery we should be able to have it because the constitution doesn’t prohibit us .Why not take full advantage of slavery? There are endless reasons why we need slavery. It has existed for thousands of years, in all sorts of societies and all over the world. Slavery is