Slavery Dbq

Slavery was always seen in the 19th but was not very well described. Slavery has many definitions but usually is was defined as the practice of owning slaves. This was seen through 1619 to 1865 in America. Slaves were used for what the master wanted, for example many plantation owners used their slaves for cotton picking and farming . Many worked on the fields and grew up as farmers, but were not considered people. Slaves were considered property that belonged to plantation owners and had no rights in America. The South saw slaves as farm animals something that belonged to them, just as a pet belongs to its owner.. Slavery in itself was creating political issues in both the North and the South. Many people in the North argued that African Americans were people rather than property, while the South argued the African Americans were property and nothing more which was seen in many political controversies. According to John Brown, an abolitionist who argued that African Americans were people not property …show more content…
This was seen in the first document where the Republican Party believes that each state should govern itself and contain its own laws and regulations regarding domestic institution (Document A). This shows that those from the Republican Party, usually reside in the South, believe that African Americans should be property and ignore what Congress has agreed on. This stresses the idea that the South agrees that African Americans should remain slaves. On the other hand a document creates the idea that Brown was right and many agree with what he did but not in the manner he did it (Document D). This shows us that people agreed that slaves are people but they do not agree on manner Brown demonstrated to the public . Both pieces of evidence show us the different views of those who believe African Americans are property and those who believe they are