LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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The slaves wouldn’t know how to live outside of slavery
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Slaves would be made better by being enslaved
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Slavery was so built into society, they were stuck with it
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Slaves didn’t want to be freed
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Detailed explanation-1: -There were lots of different factors that led to the 1833 Abolition Act. Slave revolts, home grown abolition movements, religious arguments, government policies and the economy.
Detailed explanation-2: -Slavery is the practice of forced labor and restricted liberty. It is also a regime where one class of people-the slave owners-could force another-the slaves-to work and limit their liberty. Throughout history, some forms of slavery existed as punishment for committing crimes or to pay off debts.
Detailed explanation-3: -European settlers brought a system of slavery with them to the western hemisphere in the 1500s. Unable to find cheap labor from other sources, white settlers increasingly turned to slaves imported from Africa. By the early 1700s in British North America, slavery meant African slavery.
Detailed explanation-4: -1948. The United Nations adopts The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which abolishes slavery internationally.