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Southern slave owners defended slavery, by stating that slavery had existed throughout history and was the natural state of mankind. Defenders of slavery argued that the institution was divine, and a good thing for the enslaved. They also noted that in The Bible, Abraham had slaves.
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Did some Southern slave owners defense slavery?
Slave owners would almost always defend slavery. Slaves were their workers, after all, and they needed to produce food, tobacco, and cotton (especially in the King Cotton years). Some slave owners did have it just as bad as the slaves, or owned a few, and they actually were a bit nicer to those slaves and probably didn't care much for slavery. But a vast majority of slave owners defended slavery; hence the reason for the Civil War.
How did slave owners benefits from slavery?
Because the slave owners didn't have to pay for the free labour the slave were giving them.
Why was slavery a racial problem?
Slaves were Negros slave owners were Caucasians.
What was the position of non slave owners in the south?
mountain dwellers who didnt support slavery and white trash but they supported slavery
Could slave owners free their slaves from slavery?
yes the owner could set their slaves free.
How did some southerner slave owners defend slavery?
They made the myth of the happy slave and said that slavery actually helped slaves.
Did some Southern slave owners defense slavery?
Slave owners would almost always defend slavery. Slaves were their workers, after all, and they needed to produce food, tobacco, and cotton (especially in the King Cotton years). Some slave owners did have it just as bad as the slaves, or owned a few, and they actually were a bit nicer to those slaves and probably didn't care much for slavery. But a vast majority of slave owners defended slavery; hence the reason for the Civil War.
Why did the southern slave owners fear the northern attitudes toward slavery?
The loss of slavery would threaten the southern economy
Because slavery was commin in the Bible what happened?
southern slave owners said it was justified
Why did southern slave owners fear northern attitudes towards slavery?
The loss of slavery would threaten the Southern economy.
Which criticism of the king did congress strike out?
southern slave owners and northern slave traders banded together in the congress to strike out this PASSAGE ON SLAVERY.
Which Missouri compromise elements were designed to appeal to slave owners in the south?
Official toleration of Southern slavery by Congress
Who benefits from slavery?
The slave owners.
How did slave owners benefits from slavery?
Because the slave owners didn't have to pay for the free labour the slave were giving them.
What steps did white southerners take to suppress slave revolts?
Some pro-slavery advocates used The Bible to defend slavery,citing passages that counseled servants to obey their masters.Southern slave owners argued, actually benefited blacks by making them part of a prosperous and Christian civilization.
Did the slave owners feel any gilt in the civil war?
No they loved slavery it was important to the slave owners
Southern slave owners feared the increased influence of the antislavery movement because?
the loss of slavery would threaten the economic survival of the South.
