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The North felt that the South was treating blacks unfairly. However, the South felt that slavery was necessary to keep the economy strong.

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Q: By the 1840s many northern Americans had come to see slavery as an evil while many southerners defended the institution as a positive good What arguments did each side marshal in support of its case?
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