Slavery was one of the major problems in the U.S., and throughout the world. Slavery started in 1619. Northern abolitionists were pushing for the western territories to come in as free states rather than slave states. The South's entire economy was based on slavery. Slavery was used on huge plantations mostly. It had developed from 1700 to 1860 that slaves made the difference between the southern planters being rich or poor. The south believed in states' rights rather than a strong central government. Any new states coming into the Union had to decide if they wanted slaves or no slaves. If they came in as no slaves then the balance in congress would change, and the south feared that eventually the U.S. Congress would have more free states than
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American slavery is widely assumed to be the cruelest of any slavery. The Middle passage is a journey of African slaves during the slave trade in 1650-1860. The voyage for the slaves was very harsh, most slaves were taken from West Africa and to the Americas. (“Middle Passage”) Slavery was different in Latin America. In America, slaves had no rights and even free blacks can be put back into slavery, even Christians and Catholics agreed that slavery should persist because they claimed that the Bible said that slavery should be allowed and also claimed that you can torture slaves. Latin America While “In Latin America the catholic church insisted that slaves had a right to marry, to seek relief from a cruel master, and to purchase their freedom. Spanish and Portuguese colonies were thought to be less tainted by racial prejudice than North American slavery was believed to be less subject to the pressures of a competitive capitalist economy.” (“American Slavery in Comparative Perspective, …show more content…
Pro slavery people think that God wants them to have slaves because the bible said “Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land; and they shall be your possession; they shall be your bondmen forever.” (The Bible Leviticus 25). The bible says that you should have slaves and buy them and they will be your possession forever. This does not mean that you can hurt and torture slave. Furthermore, John C. Calhoun said that slavery has helped the black race “Never before has the black race of Central Africa, from the dawn of history to the present day, attained a condition so civilized and so improved, not only physically, but morally and intellectually.” (“Slavery as a Positive Good,” Speech to the Senate, Feb. 6, 1837). Slavery has provided slaves, some necessities “The master is a commissioner of the of the poor, on every plantation, to provide food, clothing, medicine, houses for his people. He is a police officer to prevent idleness, drunkenness, theft, or disorder.” (John Grayson The Hireling and the Slaves, 1855 (second edition, Charleston, NC: John
American slavery is widely assumed to be the cruelest of any slavery. The Middle passage is a journey of African slaves during the slave trade in 1650-1860. The voyage for the slaves was very harsh, most slaves were taken from West Africa and to the Americas. (“Middle Passage”) Slavery was different in Latin America. In America, slaves had no rights and even free blacks can be put back into slavery, even Christians and Catholics agreed that slavery should persist because they claimed that the Bible said that slavery should be allowed and also claimed that you can torture slaves. Latin America While “In Latin America the catholic church insisted that slaves had a right to marry, to seek relief from a cruel master, and to purchase their freedom. Spanish and Portuguese colonies were thought to be less tainted by racial prejudice than North American slavery was believed to be less subject to the pressures of a competitive capitalist economy.” (“American Slavery in Comparative Perspective, …show more content…
Pro slavery people think that God wants them to have slaves because the bible said “Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land; and they shall be your possession; they shall be your bondmen forever.” (The Bible Leviticus 25). The bible says that you should have slaves and buy them and they will be your possession forever. This does not mean that you can hurt and torture slave. Furthermore, John C. Calhoun said that slavery has helped the black race “Never before has the black race of Central Africa, from the dawn of history to the present day, attained a condition so civilized and so improved, not only physically, but morally and intellectually.” (“Slavery as a Positive Good,” Speech to the Senate, Feb. 6, 1837). Slavery has provided slaves, some necessities “The master is a commissioner of the of the poor, on every plantation, to provide food, clothing, medicine, houses for his people. He is a police officer to prevent idleness, drunkenness, theft, or disorder.” (John Grayson The Hireling and the Slaves, 1855 (second edition, Charleston, NC: John