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Who attacked the economic system of the North and venerated slavery as a more humane and successful systemand also proposed that slaves were better off than the poor people of the industrial North?

William Grayson


Why was the north less dependent on slavery?

Because the North was more industrial, and slavery did not fit the factory system. Industrial bosses wanted free skilled labour. They could not use resident slaves.


Was the Native Americas used as slaves in North America's?

They were but they did not make good slaves. The purchace of Africans from the Africans gave better slaves.


Did the slaves in the north have more opportunities to improve their lives than did slaves in the south?

Yes, slaves could work as freedmen in the north. Still, there were difficulties if their southern owner had put a bounty on them and they could be returned to slavery if found. There were limitations to their rights as they were black even in the north.


Was it slaves in the north?

The North had abolished slavery, because it did not fit the industrial system. In the Civil War, four slave-states stayed loyal to the Union, and were counted as 'the North'.


Why did the North think slavery should be abolished?

The North was primarily industrial, and didn't require slaves. The South was agricultural and required cheap labor to remain competitive.


Why was the north reluctant to eliminate slavery?

The north wanted to eliminate slavery not for the beauty of the eyes of slaves but because the north was an industrial place, not like the agricultural south. The north wanted just to protect the union .


What was he positive impact the Industrial Revolution had on employment?

the industrial revolution provided a surplus of jobs for immigrants entering the country, along with later on in the north, jobs for African American slaves who escaped.


During the industrial period in the North in the 1830s to 1860s the South?

had a high increase of whites in the labor force, which worsened the conditions for slaves


Southerners justified slavery and attacked evils they saw in the North?

Southerners justified slavery by saying that slaves were treated better and had better working conditions than if the slaves were free and working in the North. Because of this slavery was considered to be good and necessary.


Why did the north abandon free slaves?

The north did not abandon free slaves. Usually the slaves lived in peace in the North.


Why were the more African Americans enslaved in the south than north?

South. Slaves were one of the main workers in their industry.