The main defense of the south was that slavery was very produtive. Because farms with slaves were 35% more productuve than without. Also, the entire world ran off of cotton at the time. They all got cotton from the south and the south couldn't produce cotton without their slaves.
Another argument was that the lives of the slaves were better than the lives of the free blacks. In some ways, this was true. You could compare the lives of a slave who had a white master be his best friend, a wife and kids with all the basic nessacities and their life was great as long as they didn't misbehave. Then you could see the life of a free northern black who had no house, struggled to make money in a job economy where there were already immigrants and poor whites who they had to competer with to get a job. They often starved and were attacked by whites who disliked them. Plus, the north is cold.
They argued that slavery contributed to the prosperous economy.
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they opposed the african american slavery
Some of the arguments that pro slavery southerners used were that abolitionists only wanted to free enslaved workers so that they could work in northern factories, where they would get paid low wages, would have to pay for food and shelter, and where it was dangerous.
The North felt that the South was treating blacks unfairly. However, the South felt that slavery was necessary to keep the economy strong.
They argued that slavery contributed to the prosperous economy.
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they opposed the african american slavery
Some of the arguments that pro slavery southerners used were that abolitionists only wanted to free enslaved workers so that they could work in northern factories, where they would get paid low wages, would have to pay for food and shelter, and where it was dangerous.
The plantation needed a source of inexpensive labor.
The North felt that the South was treating blacks unfairly. However, the South felt that slavery was necessary to keep the economy strong.
The plantation system of the south had been built on slavery, in many Southerners feared that their economy couldn't survive without it.
It was critical for Southampton agriculture economy
It was critical for Southampton agriculture economy
by arguing that some people were created to rule others.
The Southerners did not feel good about the future of slavery
Northerners became more opposed to slavery on moral grounds and for financial reasons, and Southerners defended it more and more as an institution, in large part because their economy was almost fully dependent on slavery.