Many (aka the North) thought that slavery was morally wrong. Abolitionists, such as Frederick Douglass, gave monumental speeches on the issue of slavery that moved many. Douglass was a slave himself, and he gave his speeches taking the view of a slave. "What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer, a day that reveals to him...gross injustice and cruelty... To him, your celebration is a sham..your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless..." (Doc. 4). Others held proslavery views, such as George Fitzhugh. Fitzhugh published a book called Cannibals All! Or Slaves Without Masters. He claimed that “The Negro slaves of the South are the happiest...the freest people in the world." (Doc. 5). John Brown (a major abolitionist), on the other hand, thought that violence was the only answer when it came to freeing slaves. So much so that he “led a band 18 men, black and white, into Harper’s Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). His aim was to seize the federal arsenal there, distribute the captured arm to slaves, and start a general slave uprising.” (Doc.
Many (aka the North) thought that slavery was morally wrong. Abolitionists, such as Frederick Douglass, gave monumental speeches on the issue of slavery that moved many. Douglass was a slave himself, and he gave his speeches taking the view of a slave. "What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer, a day that reveals to him...gross injustice and cruelty... To him, your celebration is a sham..your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless..." (Doc. 4). Others held proslavery views, such as George Fitzhugh. Fitzhugh published a book called Cannibals All! Or Slaves Without Masters. He claimed that “The Negro slaves of the South are the happiest...the freest people in the world." (Doc. 5). John Brown (a major abolitionist), on the other hand, thought that violence was the only answer when it came to freeing slaves. So much so that he “led a band 18 men, black and white, into Harper’s Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). His aim was to seize the federal arsenal there, distribute the captured arm to slaves, and start a general slave uprising.” (Doc.