Question

What were some reasons given in favor of continuing the practice of slavery?

1.African-Americans liked being slaves, so the practice should continue.

2.African-Americans were not interested in competing for jobs with poor white Southerners, and would rather be slaves.

3.Southerners stated that with factories widespread in the South, slaves were needed to work there.

4.Southerners stated that slavery was both moral because it was practiced in biblical times, and financially necessary for the economy of the country.

Answer 1

Answer:

By 1830 slavery was primarily located in the South, where it existed in many different forms. African Americans were enslaved on small farms, large plantations, in cities and towns, inside homes, out in the fields, and in industry and transportation.

Though slavery had such a wide variety of faces, the underlying concepts were always the same. Slaves were considered property, and they were property because they were black. Their status as property was enforced by violence -- actual or threatened. People, black and white, lived together within these parameters, and their lives together took many forms.

Answer 2

Answer:

Southerners stated that slavery was both moral because it was practiced in biblical times, and financially necessary for the economy of the country.d. Southerners stated that with factories widespread in the South, slaves were needed to work there.