cruelty? There was nothing good about slavery.
They argued that slavery contributed to the prosperous economy.
Slavery
Very few places still have slavery like for example Egypt and china.......
Economic interests, as the Southern economy heavily relied on slave labor for agriculture. There were also racial biases and prejudices that influenced attitudes towards slavery in the North. Additionally, political considerations, such as the desire to maintain the unity of the country, played a role in Northern support for slavery.
Northerners generally opposed slavery, seeing it as immoral and wanting to abolish it. Southerners, on the other hand, relied on slavery for their economy and were invested in maintaining the institution. This fundamental disagreement over the moral and economic aspects of slavery eventually led to the American Civil War.
The Stono Rebellion in 1739, where a group of slaves in South Carolina attempted to escape to Florida, is an example of slave resistance against slavery. This event resulted in the death of several white settlers and increased restrictions on slaves in the region.
The American Civil War was caused not by slavery but by economic factors.
One example of someone who was not an advocate for the abolition of slavery was John C. Calhoun. Calhoun was a prominent southern politician who vehemently defended slavery and argued for its preservation. He believed that slavery was a positive good and essential for the southern economy and way of life.
The south treated their slaves much more fairly than the deep southern states. (South example: North Carolina) (Deep South example: Georgia, South Carolina) Maryland treated their slave fairly, and they were considered a northern state.
Modern slavery is still present throughout the world. In Europe, it is most common in Eastern Europe, for example, in Russia. It is known as human trafficking.
There are many different answers to this question due to all of the different opinions of this topic. I feel that the legacy of slavery is hate. For example, in the time of slavery, lynching was a very popular way of executing a runaway slave. Today, nooses have been found on trees and on peoples doors. This is why I feel that hate is the legacy of slavery.
Abolition means to legally stop something. For example, the Emancipation Proclamation abolished slavery in the United States, making slavery illegal.