Slavery and Compromises
The practice of slavery goes back to ancient time, but as it developed in theUnited States, the slave system was different. It was different in at least two ways which were the slaves in the United States had no legal rights and the By the 1800, slavery had increased greatly in the United States and was a main issue. It split the United States into two sides, one against slavery and the other was for slavery. The South was the slaves states and the North was the free slaves. Southerners had first defended slavery as a necessary evil. They began looking at it as a positive good. They declared that it was the economic mainstay of a whole region. They also argued that it offered protection for a race that could not provide for itself. They considered it a glorious thing that it was sanctioned by the Bible, and approved by God. The Northerners believed that there was a “slave power conspiracy” aimed at extending slavery to the whole United States
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Approximate Word count = 674
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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