For this argument, slavery should not …show more content…
In fact, the year prior to the civil war, it is recorded that southern ownership of slaves had dropped by one third to one fourth. Many southern slave holders believed slavery would eradicate itself because there was less and less demand for labor as time went on. The need for slave farming had significantly plummeted because of soil erosion and exhaustion in the south. Therefore, slavery did not pose as great of a threat to the well being of the union since it was already being foreclosed and self eradicated by time. Oliver Ellsworth, a delegate to the 1787 constitutional convention, was quick to say “ Slavery in time will not be a speck in our country.” Like our founding fathers believed, slavery would have inevitably perished on its