African Americans were taken and sold into slavery, often being seen as a necessary labor force for the construction of a new nation. “The hands are required to be in the cotton field as soon as it is light in the morning, and, with the exception of ten or fifteen minutes, which is given them at noon to swallow their allowance of cold bacon, they are not permitted to be a moment idle until it is too dark to see, and when the moon is full, they often times labor till the middle of the night.” (Solomon, 1853) Working as a slave contained a lot of hardships without having time for rest they were often tired, working late nights on little food to keep the energy going. After their long days of cotton picking they were required to meet a weight
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Those who were pro-slavery believed it was the will of God for those who were slaves to be slaves. “But, slavery is good for some people!!! As a good thing, slavery is strikingly peculiar [sic], in this, that it is the only good thing which no man ever seeks the good of, for himself.” (Lincoln, 1858) Slaveholders convinced themselves that slavery was good for the slaves, but all they ever looked at was the good of themselves. They turned to the bible for justification and being that it was seen as neither wrong nor right, it was left to the slaveholder to make the ultimate decision of keeping the slaves or letting them go free without the slaves’ opinion. Slaveholders felt that it was justified since they were providing for the slaves, and that it was for their own good for them to be …show more content…
“Man is born in a state of the most helpless dependence on others...until the period which the laws have fixed as that at which he is supposed to have attained the maturity of his faculties.” (Harper, 1837) Men are not born free due to the fact that they are under the dependence of others until they are older/ With the government limiting the abilities of an individual until the time that they feel they have reached a level of maturity. “[Inequality] becomes infinite in every society...wealth and poverty...strength or weakness...power or subjection, [all] mark an endless diversity in the condition of men” (Harper, 1837) The idea of equality can never be truly met because as individuals grow toward adulthood, there becomes more of an amount of diversity in society due to differences between the rich and powerful, and the poor and
Those who were pro-slavery believed it was the will of God for those who were slaves to be slaves. “But, slavery is good for some people!!! As a good thing, slavery is strikingly peculiar [sic], in this, that it is the only good thing which no man ever seeks the good of, for himself.” (Lincoln, 1858) Slaveholders convinced themselves that slavery was good for the slaves, but all they ever looked at was the good of themselves. They turned to the bible for justification and being that it was seen as neither wrong nor right, it was left to the slaveholder to make the ultimate decision of keeping the slaves or letting them go free without the slaves’ opinion. Slaveholders felt that it was justified since they were providing for the slaves, and that it was for their own good for them to be …show more content…
“Man is born in a state of the most helpless dependence on others...until the period which the laws have fixed as that at which he is supposed to have attained the maturity of his faculties.” (Harper, 1837) Men are not born free due to the fact that they are under the dependence of others until they are older/ With the government limiting the abilities of an individual until the time that they feel they have reached a level of maturity. “[Inequality] becomes infinite in every society...wealth and poverty...strength or weakness...power or subjection, [all] mark an endless diversity in the condition of men” (Harper, 1837) The idea of equality can never be truly met because as individuals grow toward adulthood, there becomes more of an amount of diversity in society due to differences between the rich and powerful, and the poor and