As our county formed, there formed with it a subject of controversy. By the early 1860s it was beginning to tear our country apart. This subject was slavery. Each side, the northern abolitionists and the southern plantation owners believe themselves to be right.
The plantation owners of the South argued several things. First, slaves were necessary to the economical growth of the country. Without slaves there would be a need to hire help on the plantations. Consequently, this would result in higher prices for cotton and tobacco the main money maker crops. Second, they argued that slavery had always been part of life throughout history. The Greeks have slaves; the Romans built their empire on the backs of slaves; even England had slaves until the very recent past. The third argument was that the Bible never spoke against slavery. Abraham had slaves; Exodus talks about buying slaves; in the New Testament Paul returned a runaway slave. And look at Jesus, the Romans had slaves, but Jesus never spoke against it. …show more content…
First, saves are human they have the same human rights as anyone else in this country. The Declaration of Independence says, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The abolitionists argued that slaves had these same rights including the right to liberty. Second they argued that although there was slavery in the Bible, biblical slavery was different. Biblical slavery was more like a servitude where after a set amount of time the slave would be released. Also, the Bible spoke about treating slaves well and
The plantation owners of the South argued several things. First, slaves were necessary to the economical growth of the country. Without slaves there would be a need to hire help on the plantations. Consequently, this would result in higher prices for cotton and tobacco the main money maker crops. Second, they argued that slavery had always been part of life throughout history. The Greeks have slaves; the Romans built their empire on the backs of slaves; even England had slaves until the very recent past. The third argument was that the Bible never spoke against slavery. Abraham had slaves; Exodus talks about buying slaves; in the New Testament Paul returned a runaway slave. And look at Jesus, the Romans had slaves, but Jesus never spoke against it. …show more content…
First, saves are human they have the same human rights as anyone else in this country. The Declaration of Independence says, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The abolitionists argued that slaves had these same rights including the right to liberty. Second they argued that although there was slavery in the Bible, biblical slavery was different. Biblical slavery was more like a servitude where after a set amount of time the slave would be released. Also, the Bible spoke about treating slaves well and