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There was not a single 'white' response to slavery. Many in the north were influenced by Quaker beliefs and were profoundly anti-slavery. Others, north and south, believed slavery to be an abomination which could only do harm to the country. Another group simply did not care; they did not own slaves but had their own problems to worry about. Many profited from slavery - newspapers took ads for slave sales and escaped slaves, farm owners liked cheap labor for planting and picking, auctioneers and supervisors (slavedrivers) made their money off the slave trade, bankers financed slave purchases just as cars are financed today. A few northerners and many southerners feared that if slaves were released they would take away jobs in manufacturing, shipping, and trades. There were many, many different white reactions to slavery.
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On what subject did northern whites and southern whites agree?
slavery
Why did poor whites accept slavery?
because the whites did not be long in the same school and state
Which groups of southern whites did not defend slavery?
mountain people
Why did so many northern whites object to slavery?
Because it's wrong
How did Southern whites attempt to defend slavery?
Some whites in the South justified slavery on the basis of religion (using biblical passages such as the so-called "curse of Ham" or the passage in Philemon where Paul seemingly supports slavery) to say "God has put whites in power over blacks; therefore, slavery is OK." Others justified slavery for economic reasons: "It's cheap to use slaves' free labor; the economy will collapse if we have to pay them." Others used fallacious scientific reasons (such as "whites have bigger skulls than blacks, so slavery is OK because whites must be smarter"). Others used cultural reasons ("slavery is part of the Southern way of life"). Others were just racist ("blacks are degraded animals and inferior to us; we can do whatever we want to them"). Many used a combination of several of these reasons.
On what subject did northern whites and southern whites agree?
slavery
Who did slavery?
Whites
Why northern whites who opposed slavery and southern whites who supported slavery both believed they were fighting to defend liberty?
You have to understand the war had VERY LITTLE to do with slavery.
Did the patriots want slavery?
The Southern whites were FOR slavery and the Northern whites were AGAINST slavery. So using the word patriots isn't correct because Americans are all considered patriots.
Why did poor whites accept slavery?
because the whites did not be long in the same school and state
How did the whites react during the Harlem Renaissance?
they were happy
How did slavery end you America?
we whites had to do stuff on our own
Why did planters want poor whites to believe in slavery?
So that the poor whites could have slaves get thangs for them
How did Virginia laws support slavery?
it seperated the races treating non whites as less than whites
Which groups of southern whites did not defend slavery?
mountain people
Why was slavery bad for blacks and whites?
For the blacks because they had no rights...For the whites they were fighting each other over the issue
What were whites and blacks called that fought against slavery?
Abolishoners (i think...)
