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What kind of reasons were used by southerners to justify their pro-slavery ideology?
The southern states used excuses like slaves were lucky to be a slave because they were fed and had a place to live, the Bible was used to show slaves had been around for thousands of years, and without slavery the plantations couldn't produce the crops.
Wealthy white southerners used religion to justify the institution of slavery by arguing that?
by arguing that some people were created to rule others.
Which is an example of Southerners' arguments used in defense of slavery?
They argued that slavery contributed to the prosperous economy.
How did the southerners justify slavery?
Many things were used to justify slavery. One of the arguments was that without slavery the people who were slaves would be living in worse conditions. Another was that The Bible gave them permission to have slaves and that slavery had been accepted worldwide for thousands of years. Another excuse was that by making people slaves Christian souls were saved and that Northern factory workers were not as well off as slaves. That slavery was a positive good and that the slave owner could protect and guide the slaves. Finally, that the slaves were needed to do the work.
How did southerners shape their pro-slavery arguments and what were the responses of the abolitionists?
Some of the arguments that pro slavery southerners used were that abolitionists only wanted to free enslaved workers so that they could work in northern factories, where they would get paid low wages, would have to pay for food and shelter, and where it was dangerous.
