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By saying that non-Christian people could be slaves.

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Many Slave owners used The Bible and Christianity. It was often said that the Christian slave owners were far worse than the agnostic or atheist.

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Q: What was one way plantation owners defended the idea of owning slaves?
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Plantation owners supported and propagated racism to justify owning people as slaves.


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One way employed by the slave owners to justify the practice of slavery was by saying that Africans were mentally inferior, and they were created and meant to be subservient to the white Americans.


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Because plantation owners owned the most land and slaves?

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