American Abolitionists In The 19th Century

In the nineteenth century, white’s either supported the institution of slavery, or were strongly against it. Abolitionists were the people who who went against slavery and the way of life in the nineteenth century. However, apologist’s were in total support of the institution of slavery and used legal, religious and economic arguments to further their desire for slavery. African slavery began in North America in 1619, from there on slavery became a way of life, and apologist’s did not want their normal and believed necessary way of life to change. Supporters of slavery used legal arguments to keep the slaves, that they say, are their property. Supporters had taken legal terms by bringing up the Dred Scott case. In this case, the Supreme Court ruled against Scott, in the reason that blacks could not be citizens. The Supreme Court stated how the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional, since Congress was violating citizen’s property rights. The Three-Fifths Compromise delegates that all slaves are to be counted as three-fifths of a white person. This part of the Constitution made slaves much more like property, than it did …show more content…
Before the cotton gin, slaves worked the cotton and produced so much quantity for the nation. Without slaves the simple tasks wouldn’t be done, like clothes would not of been made without slavery. Other defenders of slavery insisted slavery for blacks was the surest guarantee of perfect equality among white people. They saw slavery as a sacrifice to the social and economic factors, in order for whites to live a prosperous lifestyle, without labor and the harmful conditions slaves dealt with. The sudden end to slavery would have an impact on the south, since the southerners had a reliance on slave labor. Cotton, tobacco, and rice economies would all collapse, and the supporters argued that if all slaves were freed their would be chaos with once slave