Slavery in America began in the early 17th Century. Slavery continued to be practiced for the next 250 years by the colonies and the states. John C. Calhoun wrote “ Slavery a Positive Good” speaks of slaverys benefits. Frederick Douglass made an argument for black nationalism, which his speech was “ The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” . Also the next text is “Slavery a Positive Good” by John C. Calhoun. In this speech, Calhoun argues that slavery is a “positive good” for blacks. He makes this argument on a multiple of bases. First, Calhoun argues that blacks are better off in the United States as slaves. Better slaves than they ever were as free people in Africa. This is because he speaks of there natural submissiveness of their
