Defense of Slavery

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Throughout history many things have happened that were by many thought to be unconscionable. Yet, the people who were putting their mark of unacceptance upon those committing these thought to be deplorable acts, were unaware of the actual situations, and in many cases, committing the same acts themselves. This was true during the Holy Wars, the Crusades and similar events. People who were not involved, often thought these acts of inhumanity to be reprehensible, but the parties involved, in their minds, had just cause

for what they were doing. When looking back at events such as these, one can't help but wonder, "what the heck were they thinking?" When in actuality the people of those times felt that what they were doing was totally justified. The same is true for the institution of slavery. In modern times however, most people find such an institution to be worthless and inhumane. When one observes slavery through the eyes of a southerner during that

period, a plethora of justifications would be present. Also, Southerners of that time had reason to believe that the basis of the northern economy was more corrupt than theirs.

When defending slavery the first aspect that one must look at is that slavery was the basi

In conclusion, the institution of slavery was beneficial to the southern economy. Removing slavery from the southern way of life was crippling to the southerners. It took many years to reconstruct the south after the war. I am not trying to imply that it would be good if slavery was in place today, but the repercussions are still being felt to this day because of the abolition of the institution.

Slavery has been around for many years before it was present in America. The Bible even talks about slavery as morally correct institution. It is only a natural instinct of human beings to enslave those who are less powerful. If we had not learned that it is more profitable to pay our workers than enslaving them, I am sure that slavery would still be present in today's society. In some ways people of our "lower classes" have lives similar, or in some cases worse than those of slaves. They do not have a master to look out for them, they don't have a roof over their heads every night for sure, they don't even have the comfort of knowing that after work they will have a meal waiting for them.

were stuck in their deplorable conditions with nowhere else to go. At a factory in the north one could find little children being forced to work hours longer than the more relaxed hours of the slave children.

best. Owners of these factories were greedy and did not care about the lives of their employees because they knew that if their workers did not make it, then there would always be more people to come and work for them. Slave holders always had to make sure that they took care of their slaves like they took care of the rest of their property,

northern factory worker. Sometimes a slave was ev

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Category: History