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What did people think about slavery?
Slavery still exists. There are 25 million men, women, and children that are slaves today. The people who own slaves see them as property and buy/sell them around the world. Many children are sex slaves and Isis even has published a handbook on slavery and how to enslave people. The people against slavery work at freeing people. Today there are some groups who raise money to buy people out of slavery.
Do people own slaves?
Yes, slavery is still alive throughout the world.
Did abraham own slaves?
Abraham Lincoln did not own any slaves. Aversed towards the practice of slavery from an early age, Lincoln was responsible for its abolishment when he became president.
Did the people in Africa sell or trade their own people for slavery?
They sold their own people for slavery.
What people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
people where not taken and just sold as slaves in America they where sold off in there own country by there own people so it was not all the white people in the slavery era.. and yes it was the African Americans.
Did Abraham Baldwin own slaves?
Yes, Abraham Baldwin did own slaves. It was thought hypocritical that he was anti-slavery but had his own slaves. He did free them later.
What describes slavery in the South before the US Civil War?
A large majority of people did not own slaves. Most slave owners had few slaves.
Can slaves buy their own freedom?
Note that in modern times, not so many black people are slaves, but slavery does exist in several parts of the world.
Were children of slaves allowed to be educated?
No. It was against the law to teach a slave to read or write. What many people don't realize is that many of the slaves were all ready educated people in their own country and some had been military commanders as well. One of the things about slavery is that the person who owns slaves doesn't want a slave to be able to think and have critical skills to be able to fight the state of slavery.
What comparison did Rousseau see between having a king and slavery?
Rousseau believed that having a king was comparable to slavery because both systems involved the subjugation of individual freedom to the authority of another. He argued that a king's power over his subjects was akin to a master's power over slaves, restricting people's natural rights and forcing them to obey without question.
What was the effect of slavery in the southern colonies?
He was a slave himself. he was against slavery. For sure, He did not own slaves. He died in 1895 and the 13th amendment was enacted in 1860s. He was an antislavery activist.
What did general Robert e lee think was wrong to own?
Slaves. He was the most revered and respected person in the Confederacy and he was against slavery. He freed the slaves that had come to him by way of his father-in-law's estate will.
