LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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Tiger by the tail
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For their own good
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No pain, no gain
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Don’t make me do that
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Detailed explanation-1: -Slavery was an economically efficient system of production, adaptable to tasks ranging from agriculture to mining, construction, and factory work. Furthermore, slavery was capable of producing enormous amounts of wealth.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Constitution thus protected slavery by increasing political representation for slave owners and slave states; by limiting, stringently though temporarily, congressional power to regulate the international slave trade; and by protecting the rights of slave owners to recapture their escaped slaves.
Detailed explanation-3: -A document that changed the world: A passage, beginning with “He has waged cruel war, ” deleted by the Second Continental Congress from the Declaration of Independence, 1776.
Detailed explanation-4: -The final document does not mention slavery and, through its silence, condones enslavement, but the first draft includes a condemnation of slavery. These words, removed before it was finalized, underscored the contradiction between the founding fathers’ beliefs and actions. The Created Equal exhibition.