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Q: What was the euphemism southern used when referring to slavery?
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When was chattel slavery used?

On plantations in southern colonies


What states in the southern US have slavery?

No states in the US practice slavery. Some states USED TO but not anymore.


Describe slavery in the southern colonies?

The attitude towards slavery in the Southern colonies was that slavery was good and necessary. Slave owners felt that slaves were treated better than free laborers.


What kind of reasons were used by southerners to justify their pro-slavery ideology?

The southern states used excuses like slaves were lucky to be a slave because they were fed and had a place to live, the Bible was used to show slaves had been around for thousands of years, and without slavery the plantations couldn't produce the crops.


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.